Playback readers didn’t think The Rocket would score too big outside of Quebec. In response to an online poll question asking readers what kind of box office they expected for the Maurice Richard biopic in English Canada, 36% said they thought it would make less than $1 million, while 24% chose $2 million-plus, 23% voted for $1 million-plus, and 17% thought $4 million-plus.

The film had taken in $664,690 after its second week of release in English Canada, including $167,203 for the week beginning April 28.

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Readers are nearly split on the regulation question. In response to a recent online Playback poll asking ‘Do you agree with the CRTC’s decision to exempt mobile TV from regulation?’, 53% of respondents were in favor, while 47% disagreed.