Quebec’s teen romance Roméo et Juliette remains the top-grossing Canadian film in theaters, having pulled in more than $1.2 million since its Dec. 15 release, though it lost its lead on the most recent Quebec box-office chart to Hollywood titles as of Jan. 11.

Produced by Cinémaginaire’s Denise Robert and Daniel Louis and distributed by Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm, Roméo was a big hit in Quebec over the holidays, beating out Hollywood blockbusters such as Charlotte’s Web and The Pursuit of Happyness its first week in theaters, and pulling in a solid $950,000 as of the Dec. 29-31 weekend.

Roméo has now dropped to eighth spot in Quebec, says Simon Beaudry of Cineac, a Montreal company that compiles Quebec box-office figures.

‘It hasn’t been an exceptional Christmas for Quebec films. Unlike past years there’s only one Quebec film in theaters, Roméo,’ says Beaudry.

Last year, two major Quebec titles hit theaters looking to attract holiday audiences – Maurice Richard from Vivafilm and Les Boys 4 from Christal Films. Both went on to gross more than $4 million despite heavy competition from Hollywood including Peter Jackson’s King Kong.

Roméo was playing on 64 screens for the week ending Jan. 11, pulling in some $2,500 on average from each.

Manufactued Landscapes was in second spot among domestic releases. The Mongrel Media-distributed doc about photographer Edward Burtynsky has grossed almost $300,000 in Canada since its release on Sept. 29.

‘Audiences seem to really like it. People are quite moved by this. It deals with global environmental issues and I think people are concerned about that,’ says Mongrel’s Tom Alexander.

After showing in theatres across the country, Manufactured is rounding out its theatrical release on four screens in Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo. It will be released on video in March, says Alexander.

Montreal-based Christal’s Mount Pleasant, about a family dealing with rampant drugs and prostitution in their Vancouver residential neighborhood, will open on one screen each in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal on Jan. 26. It stars Kelly Rowan of The O.C.

Christal was also scheduled to open its Canada/France coproduction The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters, helmed by Dai Sijie, in Quebec on Jan. 18. There are no plans for a Canada-wide release of the film, which won the People’s Choice Award at last year’s World Film Festival.