The re-release from Arrow Films made $53,200 from 21 theaters.Īlso Read: 'T2 Trainspotting' Review: Danny Boyle Gets the Band Back TogetherĪmong holdovers, “T2 Trainspotting” crossed the $1 million mark in its third frame, making $400,000 from 140 screens to bring its total to $1.17 million.įox Searchlight’s “Wilson” continued to struggle after expanding to 311 theaters, making $115,000 for a PSA of just $370 and a two-weekend cume of $592,300. The cult classic “Donnie Darko” saw a limited return engagement in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Jan abiski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care.When their country is invaded by the Germans, Jan and Antonina are stunned and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist. In 1939 Poland, Antonina abiska and her husband, Dr. The film got a day-and-date release in the States and made $330,000 from 43 screens for a PSA of $7,674. Synopsis: The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. The present story is about 2 everyday people: a zookeeper & his wife who were forced to 'play nice' with the Nazis while simultaneously using their zoo to hide myriad Jews on a sort of Polish 'underground railroad' out of harms way.
Johan Heldenbergh and Daniel Bruhl also star in the film, which received a mixed 59 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Īlso Read: 4 Reasons Why 'Ghost in the Shell' Was A Box Office Malfunction, Despite Scarlett JohanssonĪlso opening this weekend is the Chinese mystery import “The Devotion of Suspect X,” which was released by China Lion to coincide with China’s Qingming festival, a popular time for moviegoers on the other side of the Pacific.īased on the Japanese crime novel by Keigo Higashino, the film tells the story of a professor who assists in a murder investigation, only to find that a friend from his college years may have had something to do with the crime. With their life’s work destroyed, the Zabinskis pressed on and formed an operation to smuggle Jews out of Polish ghettos as the Nazis’ genocidal plans began to take form. The Zookeeper's Wife is a non-fiction book written by the poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman.Drawing on the unpublished diary of Antonina abiska, it recounts the true story of how Antonina and her husband, Jan abiski, director of the Warsaw Zoo, saved the lives of 300 Jews who had been imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto following the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. Starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Niki Caro - who was recently signed by Disney to direct next year’s “Mulan” remake - the film tells the true story of Antonina and Jan Zabinski, the owners of the Warsaw Zoo who saw their animals slain by the Nazis following their invasion of Poland in 1939.
Focus Features’ “The Zookeeper’s Wife” opened to a solid $3.34 million debut weekend at the box office, showing in 541 screens for a per screen average of just under $6,200 during a busy weekend at the indie box office.
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