Trailer Park Boys The Movie was still going strong more than two weeks into its theatrical run – and had grossed $3 million-plus at the box office by the end of the Oct. 20 weekend, going into its third week in theaters.

Odeon Films president Bryan Gliserman says the success of the feature comedy – produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by Mike Clattenburg – is a dream come true, and likens its success to that of Traffic and The Blair Witch Project.

‘I think ecstatic might be an understatement,’ says Gliserman. ‘It’s a national release on par with any wide release of any film we’ve handled, either Canadian or non-Canadian.’

As of Oct. 23, the film had grossed more than $3.3 million and was playing on 176 screens, marking only a 12% decline since opening on 195 screens Oct. 6.

Meanwhile, the Oct. 20 domestic release of Terry Gilliam’s Saskatchewan-shot feature Tideland was disappointing at best. The fantasy drama about a neglected young girl opened on one Toronto screen for a total take of $2,500 at the end of its opening weekend.

Expectations were not high at Canadian distrib Capri Releasing, the production arm of which coproduced the $20-million film with U.K.-based Recorded Picture Company.

‘Unfortunately, [Tideland’s] opening was less than stellar,’ says Capri VP Robin Smith. ‘After we saw the negative reviews, our expectations dropped.’

The film received one star or less from a number of critics.

Smith says the company is sticking to its original plan to reease the film in Vancouver and Montreal on Oct. 27 and reassess future release strategies after reviewing the film’s performance in those markets.

Also hitting the big screen Oct. 20 was Philippe Falardeau’s Congorama – a comedy about a Belgian man, played by Olivier Gourmet, who comes to Quebec searching for his biological family. Christal Films released the feature on 28 Quebec screens for a total weekend take of $96,196, making it the eighth highest-grossing film in la belle province that weekend.

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen continues to perform softly for distributor Alliance Atlantis, having earned $107,000 after three weeks.

Coming soon from Christal is the eating disorder doc La peau et les os après, due to hit theaters in Quebec Nov. 3. Due that same day is La belle bête, a $1.2-million adaptation of the Marie-Claire Blais novel, distributed by Equinoxe.