Alliance Vivafilm had the upper hand at the Canadian box office last week, as La ligne brisée, the debut feature film from noted Quebec TV director Louis Choquette, took the number one spot among domestic films, while La rivière aux castors and Tout est parfait placed third and fifth, respectively.
La ligne, about two boxing buddies, starring Nitro‘s Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge and David Boutin (Human Trafficking), brought in almost $300,000 in its first week in theaters for a per-screen average of $4,884. The film placed 12th overall for the March 7-13 frame.
TVA Films’ Borderline remains in second place, having added another $75,626 last week to bring its total to just under $1.1 million. Directed by Lyne Charlebois, the drama opened Feb. 8 and rang in nearly $400,000 in its first week.
Meanwhile, the adventure doc La rivière, bumped from first to third spot, has made over $350,000 thus far after three weeks in theaters.
The lone English title in the top five is Yung Chang’s acclaimed documentary Up the Yangtze, from Toronto’s KinoSmith Films, which generated $38,318 on nine screens, bringing its box-office total to nearly $300,000 after six weeks. Rounding out the top five is teen suicide film Parfait, with just over $326,000 after four weeks.
The quirky comedy Juno continues to be a permanent box office fixture, having collected more than $13 million in 13 weeks for Fox Searchlight. It currently ranks number 10 in Canada among all films. Juno has more than doubled the box-office tally of Oscar best picture winner No Country for Old Men, which remains at number 11, with nearly $7 million for distributor Alliance Films.
Disney’s Enchanted, a spoofy fairy tale marrying animation and live-action — due on DVD on Tuesday — is still making money on the big screen, having brought in another $33,000 last week. It places 31st on the chart and has made over $10 million in Canada.