*Quebec box office reports

Christian Duguay’s The Assignment grossed $64,645 on its opening three-day weekend on six Quebec screens. Shot mostly on location in Montreal, the Allegro Films espionage-actioner opened Sept. 26 in the u.s. (via Sony) and English Canada, where it had a limited 34-screen release and opening weekend receipts of $178,443. The per screen average is $5,248. The Assignment is distributed by Motion International.

Michel Poulette’s film noir thriller La Conciergerie (CFP Distribution) opened Sept. 26 in Quebec on 33 screens with a bigger than average marketing campaign. The film had a cumulative box office of $138,917 after the first 10 days. Despite first-rate reviews, the Canada/European coproduction Clandestins (Motion) slipped to $41,000 after five weeks. Hopes for cfp’s fall theatrical slate otherwise rest on the French comedy hit La verite si je mens. As of Oct. 5, it had a combined box office of $17,460 on three screens.

Overseas, Georges Mihalka’s l’Homme ideal (cfp) is among the top 10 at the box office in France with cumulative receipts of over $500,000.

*New Canal+ channel

France’s Canal+ is launching a new channel Oct. 29 devoted to career, employment and work issues. Called Demain! (Tomorrow!), the channel will be accessible on the CANALSATELLITE Numerique digital satellite package and on cable.

In addition to the 18 hours of programming on Demain!, viewers will have access via the remote control of their digital terminal to a database with hundreds of daily updated job advertisements.

Demain! and Canal+ are looking for French and European partners to further develop the channel.