The multi-generational Quebecois drama, Histoire de famille, has taken over as box office leader from Les Boys IV and Maurice Richard, which had shared the podium for almost two months.

The Feb. 10 weekend numbers after Famille’s second week in release brought the total box office to $316,456, with a decent per screen average of $3,273. The next few weeks will determine whether the ensemble period drama from distributor Christal Films gains enough momentum to make it the tenth Quebec film over the past 12 months to reach $1 million.

Les Boys IV still did strong weekend numbers, keeping it in second spot and pushing receipts to nearly $4.4 million as it begins to skate out of theaters. Meanwhile, Maurice Richard scaled down to 17 venues and crept up to $4.2 million, but may have some life yet given its 14 Jutra nominations and a planned March release in English Canada.

Festival favorite Eve & the Fire Horse had a reasonable sophomore week, raising its total to $40,441 in three theaters, while Aubrey Nealon’s coming-of-age dramedy A Simple Curve debuted out of the top 10 – putting its box office take for the week somewhere below $2,100 ­- despite being hailed by the Toronto International Film Festival as one of the Top Ten films of 2005.

On the release front, Twisted Sister fanboys and girls can break out the eye shadow and dog collars for feature doc Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, directed by Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Jessica Joy Wise, which gets its release through Seville Pictures on Feb. 24.

ThinkFilm rolls out Robert Vince’s Spymate from Keystone Entertainment on the same day, targeting the same demo as the Spy Kids movies, this time featuring an adorable but lethal superspy named Minky the Monkey, and starring Emma Roberts (Unfabulous).