‘The 47,’ a Feel-Good Chronicle of How a Bus Driver Changed Barcelona, Smashes Box Office Records in Spain
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent The Mediapro Studio’s “The 47,” placing star Eduard Fernández is a pole position in the Best Actor Goyas race, is breaking box office records in Spain.
Directed by Marcel Barrena, who already showed in “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” his sense of broad audience appeal on movies engaging social issues, results for “The 47” will do nothing to discourage TMS as it builds its movie output as one of its key growth strategies in a more challenged market environment.
Released Sept. 6 by A Contracorriente Films, Spain’s biggest indie distributor and a national film champion, and largely shot in Catalan, “The 47” became last week the most watched Catalan-language movie in cinema theaters over the last 40 years.
Soon after release, it rocketed to No. 1 in box office charts on Sept. 18, a Spectators Day in Spain when tickets are cheaper, attracting bigger audiences.
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