And the top-grossing indie of 2015 is … Schoenberg
mainVery good to see that Woman in Gold, which was sniffed at by most print critics, is now the top-earning independent movie of the year, grossing $33 million in 17 weeks.
The film, starring Helen Mirren, tells the story of E. Randol Schoenberg, a struggling LA lawyer, who defeats the Austrian government’s attempts to keep a family Klimt that had been stolen by the Nazis.
Read more here.
33 million domestic receipts, world wide it’s over 50 million (according to http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=womaningold.htm). I can only say: if you haven’t seen it, go now.
No doubt, Decca and Sony are rushing to release their “Schoenberg’s Greatest Hits” albums!
Loved the movie. But those figures are insignificant. Best of…but what a runner-up category.
I’m surprised, actually, that they are so low. It did very well in Canada. But we are numerically insignificant (and count in the US domestic figures).
Should make a mint on DVD and Netflix.
Is Mr. Schoenberg the same gentleman who contacted SD a week or two ago concerning the e-bay sale of Mahler’s portrait?