Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films

The red carpet treatment Quebec director Ken Scott’s Starbuck received at the just-concluded Toronto International Film Festival has paid dividends.

The Patrick Huard-starring theatrical comedy in its ninth week on release by Entertainment One/Seville added another $111,000 at the Canadian box office to get to a cumulative $3.08 million in total ticket receipts.

In second place this week on the Canadian film distribution charts is another Quebec offering, Pour L’Amour de Dieu, a romantic drama written and directed by Micheline Lanctôt, about the love affair between a recently ordained Dominican priest and a nun.

The picture took in $46,945 in its third week on release by Metropole, and has done $394,273 in total box office.

And in third place is Andre Forcier’s Coteau Rouge, which took in $43,890 after its second week on release, to get to a cume of $103,633.

The Roy Dupuis-starrer recently opened the Montreal World Film Festival.

In fourth is Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams from KinoSmith, which added $38,588 in its 11th week on release to get to box office to date of just over $430,000.

And rounding out the Canadian releases at the local cinema is Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower, from Entertainment One/Seville, which took in $21,102 in its latest week of release since August 12, to get to a cume of $244.024.

The political thriller that stars Rachel Weisz and bowed in Toronto has racked up a series of foreign sales, including to Samuel Goldwyn Films for a stateside release.

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Editor’s note: As you may have noticed, we’ve been  changing up the format of the Hot Sheet in order to make the data searchable on the website and easier to read. We welcome your feedback as we experiment with new models.