Good news for Warhorse at the Irish Box Office. It pulled in 300K in its opening weekend, proving that Spielberg (as you’d expect..obviously) is big business in the Emerald Isle. PR below..
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Steven Spielberg’s WAR HORSE has had a stellar opening weekend at the Irish box office, stealing the hearts of Ireland and galloping in at No 1, with a weekend total of €297,000.
Taking €120,000 more than this weeks second place runner Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, WAR HORSE also beat last year’s British triumph, The King’s Speech’s opening weekend of €263,000 (a film which went on to take €3.7million in Ireland.
This stunning adaption of Michael Morpurgo’s much loved children’s book, achieved a great screen average of €4,715 as Ireland’s moviegoers flocked to see Spielberg’s sweeping epic interpretation of the WAR HORSE story.
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Via Disney
