As was already known, because we reiterate that one of the great evils of Spanish cinema is that they do not do good publicity operations for their films, thanks to their appearance in all the media since filming began, the new woody allen movie, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, shot in Barcelona and with a part of Spanish production, is directly incarnated at No. 1 of the most viewed films this weekend with 2,2 million euros.
So it is another Nº1 for Spanish cinema after the recent one of Che, the Argentinian, also a co-production, which is now in fourth position, after three weeks on the billboards, and totals 5,4 million euros. Thus, next week it will exceed 6 million euros in collection for what is guaranteed to be one of the most viewed films of 2008 in Spain.
Another premiere that also goes very well at the box office is the thriller The strangers which has become the sleeper of the season for which it opens: second position and a million euros of collection.
The third place is for the Nº1 of the past week Wanted with Angelina Jolie as the unstoppable murderer.
The other two premieres of the week that enter the Top Ten are Eddie Murphy's new comedy, Caught in a nut, which enters the sixth position with € 600.000 of collection, and Four lives which debuts in ninth position with € 120.000 raised.
Highlight the success of the film that has been in the Top Ten for the longest weeks, the musical Mamma Mía! continues to add money in its seventh week in theaters and is the fifth highest grossing film of the year with just over 11 million euros in collection.
Finally, Los girasoles ciegos, resists the onslaught of American productions in its fourth week in theaters, adding € 300.000 to a total of 2,6 million euros, thus ending its commercial career in cinemas above 3 million euros. euros.