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It helps to take a look at Dolan`s previous box office record to get a real idea of how significant Mommy’s opening take really is.
No Dolan film has made more than a million dollars during its entire theatrical run. In fact, following his debut feature, J’ai tué ma mere, box office receipts for his three subsequent feature films all showed declining returns. Here`s a quick breakdown:
J’ai tué ma mere: $995,196.00
Les amours imaginaires: $507,955
Laurence Anyways: $428,922
Tom à la ferme: $338,965
By comparison, Mommy raked in a quite remarkable $466,766 for its box office debut.
This could be the film that saves the Québec box office, even if admittedly, that`s a bit of an exaggeration. The market share for Quebec films this summer has reached 5.8%, which is one of the worst results of the last 10 years. That said, it is a small improvement compared to 2012 (5.2 %) and 2013 ( 5.6%). Beyond market share there`s cold hard numbers. Some of Québec`s best films made a mere pittance at the box office when their entire take is compared to Mommy.
For example, the last film to be selected as Canada`s official entry at the Academy Awards® was Gabrielle. It`s entire box office take was a slim $171,698. The last film in the Les Boys series, Il était une fois les Boys returned $254,454. The underworld film Omertà produced a number that approaches Mommy with its take of $464,245. But that was for its entire run. Mommy did better than that over just a few days.
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