12-02-2008

S.O.S. Love alone in 2007 Hungarian Top 10

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    There were 28 domestic theatrical releases in Hungarian cinemas in 2007, the best year since 2004, but only one - S.O.S. Love! - made the Hungarian Top 10 box office for the year. Admissions for domestic films totaled nearly 1.3 million people and gross revenue stood at 889 million forints (€3.4 million), the lowest figures in four years.

    That compares with 2006, by far the best of the last six years with admissions of 2.1 million and total gross of nearly 1.5 billion forints. The 28 releases in 2007 equaled 2004 when there were 28 releases as well, including co-productions. Hungary released 24 films in 2006 and 17 in 2005.

    Two films broke the 200,000 admission mark in 2007, S.O.S. Love! And The Train Keeps a Rollin', a comedy by Róbert Koltai. Six films attracted more than 100,000 moviegoers.

    The domestic top five included one animation, which took third place. The Catcher (or Cat City 2) is the sequel to the 1986 smash hit Cat City, which unofficially has attracted 4.5 million people.

    S.O.S. Love! by Tamás Sas, a romantic comedy, also is the only domestic film to make it in the Hungarian Top 10 for 2007, taking sixth place in terms of total gross. The only other non-US entry was a sequel to the French box office hit Taxi.

    Hungarian Theatrical Releases 2007

    Title

    Total Gross (Ft)

    Admission

    1

    S.O.S. Love! (S.O.S. Szerelem!)

    219 877 331

    238 849

    2

    The Train Keeps a Rollin'

    (Megy a gőzös)

    185 245 382

    209 359

    3

    Catcher (Cat City 2)

    (Macskafogó 2: A Sátán macskája)

    164 189 477

    169 312

    4

    Konyec

    74 429 499

    108 499

    5

    Lora

    46 911 104

    106 654

    6

    Railroad Junkies (Hasutasok)

    41 604 048

    107 260

    7

    Nosedive (Zuhanórepülés)

    26 939 387

    32 068

    8

    56 Drops of Blood (56 csepp vér))

    19 878 777

    67 785

    9

    Opium - Diary of a Madwoman

    (Ópium - Egy elmebeteg nő naplója)

    18 068 939

    48 581

    10

    Egon & Dönci

    17 383 950

    21 737

    11

    Noah's Ark (Noé bárkája)

    15 396 473

    51 903

    12

    Overnight

    10 913 409

    14 120

    13

    Bungled Matrix (Buheramátrix)

    10 839 070

    30 633

    14

    The Emigré - Everything is Different

    (Az Emigráns - minden másképp van)

    9 374 730

    22 618

    15

    Fresh Air (Friss levegő)

    4 902 059

    8 880

    16

    The Sun Street Boys (A Nap utcai fiúk)

    4 265 240

    11 382

    17

    Iska's Journey (Iszka utazása)

    3 628 516

    6 348

    18

    Girls (Lányok)

    2 443 807

    4 391

    19

    Dolina

    2 226 113

    4 682

    20

    Off Hollywood

    1 731 180

    3 025

    21

    Miscalculation (Emelet)

    1 718 191

    3 792

    22

    Kythéra

    1 312 317

    3 117

    23

    Without Mercy (In Memory of PD)

    1 131 607

    6 417

    24

    The Eighth Day of the Week

    (A hét nyolcadik napja)

    1 126 994

    2 257

    25

    Well of Silence (Csendkút)

    1 107 490

    3 946

    26

    Wolf (Farkas)

    1 018 252

    2 489

    27

    Fragment (Töredék)

    938 210

    1 883

    28

    Happy New Life (Boldog új élet)

    873 754

    2 055

    TOTAL

    889 475 306

    Hungarian Box Office 2007 - Top 10

    Title

    Country

    Total Gross (ft)

    Admission

    1

    Shrek the Third

    USA

    674 400 284

    736 550

    2

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    USA

    555 750 351

    609 802

    3

    Ratatouille

    USA

    466 164 737

    572 335

    4

    Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

    USA

    420 761 322

    437 136

    5

    Live Free Or Die Hard

    USA

    253 932 765

    257 404

    6

    S.O.S. Love! (S.O.S. Szerelem!)

    Hungary

    219 877 331

    238 849

    7

    T4XI

    France

    215 912 088

    221 854

    8

    The Heartbreak Kid

    USA

    194 313 818

    188 508

    9

    I Now Pronounce You Chuck &Larry

    USA

    190 307 135

    189 094

    10

    300

    USA

    189 727 565

    190 122

    TOTAL

    3 381 147 396

    3 641 654