Last weekend’s box office stats confirm that one of the best critically received Australian films in years, Samson & Delilah, has also generated one of the strongest box office openings, at least proportionately. S & D snuck into the top ten at number nine with $199,163, which might seem paltry compared to the top performer (Star Trek, with $4.6 million) but impressive considering the film opened on just 12 screens. It chalked up a huge screen average of $17,170, the highest per screen average for any Australian film released nationally since Lantana in 2001. Not bad news for director Warwick Thornton to receive just before jetting off to Cannes.
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Great news. This will do great on dvd too I feel, especially with some publicity if it does well at Cannes.