Save Your Legs! has posted one of the worst box office opening weekend performances among Australian films released in recent times.
The comedy, distributed by Madman Entertainment, grossed $164,654 on 176 screens giving it a screen average of just $936 despite attracting generally positive reviews. It is the first major Australian film released in 2013 and stars Brendan Cowell and Stephen Curry as suburban cricketers who travel to India. In total, Save Your Legs! has grossed $188,133.
By way of comparison, a similarly wide local release, comedy Housos Vs. Authority, took $526,166 across 151 screens for a screen average of $3485 on its opening weekend last November. Bait 3D, which was lambasted for its tepid local opening (before becoming a surprise hit in China), grossed $365,187 across 283 screens last year for a screen average of $1290.
Other Australian films to struggle in recent years include teen drama Wasted on the Young, which opened with $52,907 across 54 screens in March 2011 (screen average $979); drama Matching Jack,...
The comedy, distributed by Madman Entertainment, grossed $164,654 on 176 screens giving it a screen average of just $936 despite attracting generally positive reviews. It is the first major Australian film released in 2013 and stars Brendan Cowell and Stephen Curry as suburban cricketers who travel to India. In total, Save Your Legs! has grossed $188,133.
By way of comparison, a similarly wide local release, comedy Housos Vs. Authority, took $526,166 across 151 screens for a screen average of $3485 on its opening weekend last November. Bait 3D, which was lambasted for its tepid local opening (before becoming a surprise hit in China), grossed $365,187 across 283 screens last year for a screen average of $1290.
Other Australian films to struggle in recent years include teen drama Wasted on the Young, which opened with $52,907 across 54 screens in March 2011 (screen average $979); drama Matching Jack,...
- 3/4/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
It.s a hard job being the multi-faceted Paul Fenech. .Running in thongs is very difficult, you have to acquire a very special set of skills, which I.ve acquired, and mate, look, the running is actually not the difficult part..
The writer/actor/director/producer of bogan comedy Housos Vs. Authority experienced other hardships during production. .In the middle of winter running in shorts and thongs, that.s difficult mate. When its zero degrees and you.re in shorts riding a sidecar motorbike in Alice Springs, the wind-chill alone.I should be in some Guinness World Record book for that..
It is all part of bringing the cast of Sbs underground comedy series Housos - which follows a group of low-income Australians living in Sunnyvale's Housing Commission public housing - to the big screen.
For populating his world with the weird and wonderful, Fenech is known for casting locals and non-actors.
The writer/actor/director/producer of bogan comedy Housos Vs. Authority experienced other hardships during production. .In the middle of winter running in shorts and thongs, that.s difficult mate. When its zero degrees and you.re in shorts riding a sidecar motorbike in Alice Springs, the wind-chill alone.I should be in some Guinness World Record book for that..
It is all part of bringing the cast of Sbs underground comedy series Housos - which follows a group of low-income Australians living in Sunnyvale's Housing Commission public housing - to the big screen.
For populating his world with the weird and wonderful, Fenech is known for casting locals and non-actors.
- 11/1/2012
- by Anthony Soegito
- IF.com.au
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