Following a ‘so-so’ opening in B.C., the Douglas Coupland comedy Everything’s Gone Green expands, albeit modestly, on Friday to one screen in Toronto where it will play the high-profile and arts-minded Varsity Theatre.

‘The focus is on making Toronto work as well as possible,’ says producer Chris Nanos, adding they’re very happy to have Varsity. The film, carried here by Equinoxe Films, is also expanding in the U.S. to cities including Columbus, Portland and Madison. It made its U.S. debut two weeks ago in New York via First Independent Pictures and has made some US$7,300, according to Variety.

The Vancouver-set film — which stars Paulo Costanzo (Joey) as a slacker trying to get rich — had a per-screen average of $2,310 after opening last week on one screen each in Victoria, Vancouver and Coquitlam.

Michèle Laroche, director of theatrical distribution at Equinoxe, says the soft box office could be attributed to the weather. ‘It was absolutely beautiful there last weekend,’ she says.

Meanwhile, Odeon Films is adding 10 prints to its already wide release of the British buddy cop comedy Hot Fuzz. The film debuted at number three at the Canadian box office last weekend with a per-screen average of $6,100, and also had a strong showing in the U.S., where it earned the number five spot.

The war drama Black Book, from director Paul Verhoeven (Hollow Man), hits theaters Friday via Mongrel Media, arriving alongside U.S. releases including the Nicolas Cage sci-fi Next, from Columbia Pictures, the fantasy thriller The Invisible, from Buena Vista, and the B.C.-shot comedy Kickin’ It Old Skool, distributed here by Odeon Films.

The noir That Beautiful Somewhere, starring Roy Dupuis, continues to play in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver this week, after which Equinoxe will decide on a possible expansion to other cities. The distributor confirmed that, after only a week in theaters, Roger Evan Larry’s thriller Crossing is out, ending its short run Thursday.

The quiet weekend may be the calm before the blockbuster storm, which is sure to break next week with the arrival of Spider-Man 3 from Columbia TriStar, which will arrive alongside the counter-programmed day-and-date release in Canada and U.S. of Sarah Polley’s Away from Her.