November has been a tough month at the box office for Canadian films, with three newly released domestic films bringing in a combined box-office take of less than $11,000.

John N. Smith’s feature Geraldine’s Fortune, starring Mary Walsh, was released at one Toronto theater on Oct. 22. After three weeks it brought in a disappointing $4,000. The film, distributed by Seville Pictures, closed on Nov. 18, with no solid plans for a wider release.

Odeon Films released Some Things That Stay from director Gail Harvey on Nov. 5 at four theaters – two in Toronto, one in Montreal and another in Vancouver. The U.K./Canada copro, which shot in Toronto in September 2003, was pulled from theaters six days later, with a total box-office take of $4,813.

Jerry Ciccoritti’s feature Blood also faced tough times after its Nov. 5 release at one Toronto theater by Capri Releasing and a second in Montreal on Nov. 12. As of Nov. 15, Blood had grossed just $2,100. Plans for a wider release were unavailable at press time.

On a brighter note, ThinkFilm’s Being Julia is still going strong after more than four weeks on the big screen. As of Nov. 16, the feature was playing on 16 screens and had brought in $472,000 at the Canadian box office, US$1.7 million if you include the U.S. On Dec. 3, ThinkFilm will expand the film’s release to between 50 and 60 Canadian screens.

Waiting in the wings, three features from TVA Films will hit theaters early in the new year: the suspense thriller White Noise, starring Michael Keaton, which opens Jan. 7; Oliver Assayas’ Clean, opening Jan. 28; and Don McKellar’s Childstar, due to premier Feb. 4.