JAKUBISKO´S „BATHORY“ BEATS „HANCOCK“ AND „KUNG FU PANDA“ /MOST SUCCESSFUL THEATRICAL LOCAL OPENING IN SLOVAKIA in 2008 Jakubisko´s “BATHORY” starring Anna Friel easily took the number one position at Czech and Slovakian box office this weekend overperforming the US blockbusters “Hancock” and “Kung Fu Panda” , taking a local record for the Slovakian Film Industry. The film sold 76.668 tickets in Czech Republic on 26 prints and and 35.925 tickets in Slovakia earning 4.854.965 Skrones at the box office and leaving behind local performances of “Harry Potter” or “Da Vinic Code”. In Slovakia the film performed as the best weekend opener from all films entered Slovakian cinemas in 2008. About the film: "The historical accounts of Countess Bathory’s deeds are argued to have inspired passages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula," comments producer Deana Horvathova-Jakubiskova. The film’s international cast features Anna Friel, Hans Matheson, Vincent Regan, Karel Roden and Franco Nero. “Bathory” is produced by Deana Horvathova-Jakubiskova with co-producing partners Film & Music Entertainment and Eurofilm Studio Hungary. World Sales is handled by Sola Media. |
