[TTSS]UK BOX OFFICE第1位に輝いた『Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy/ティンカー・テイラー・ソルジャー・スパイ』
2011.09.16にイギリスで封切となった『Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy/ティンカー・テイラー・ソルジャー・スパイ』が、週末興行第1位に輝きました！
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY DOMINATES UK BOX OFFICE
The newly re-branded UK arm of European powerhouse STUDIOCANAL stormed out of the blocks this weekend as TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, the first film to carry the company’s new banner, debuted at number one at the UK and Irish Box Office, becoming the third biggest 3 day September opening on record.
The picture, a Working Title production, fully financed by STUDIOCANAL, delivered the latter’s biggest ever three day UK & Ireland opening figure with ￡2.805m from 382 sites for a per screen average in excess of ￡7200 and crowned a mighty year for the company becoming its second number one movie of the past 12 months (after UNKNOWN) with box office takings in 2011 already making it the biggest in its 11 year history.
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Sales of the John le Carre book also saw a significant increase following the film’s UK film premiere (Tuesday) which publishers expect to result in a high bestseller list placing when figures are announced this week.
Speaking about the movie in an earlier statement le Carre had said "The film, through my very personal prism, is a triumph. And if people write to me and say, ‘How could you let this happen to poor Alec Guinness,’ I shall reply that, if ‘poor Alec’ had witnessed Oldman’s performance, he would have been the first to give it a standing ovation.
It’s not the film of the book. It’s the film of the film, and to my eye a work of art in its own right. I’m very proud to have provided Alfredson with the material, but what he made of it is wonderfully his own."
この1年の中ではリアーム・ニーソン主演『UNKOWN』に続く2.805ミリオンポンドという数字を叩きだしたTTSS。封切日金曜日はもちろん、土曜日も特に夜の回はオデオン・レスタースクウェアの大スクリーンがほぼ満員になっていました。
現時点では公開されているのはイギリスだけで、欧州各国と北米では今年の12月～来年2月にかけての公開予定。日本はギャガさんが買い付け、公開日はまだ未定の状態。北米と日本はともかく、欧州ではそれなりに人気が出るのではないかと期待が高まります。
2011.09.13のUKプレミアより
Craig Grobler：Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Premiere - 2010 Sep
