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Checco Zalone’s ‘Buen Camino’ Opens With €5.6 Million, Commands Italy’s Christmas Box Office

The film’s dominance revived Italy’s Christmas Day receipts to levels last seen in 2011.

Overview

  • Cinetel reports about €5.6 million and roughly 680,000 admissions on December 25, capturing 78.8% of the day’s takings.
  • The Christmas Day box office topped €7.19 million nationwide, the first time in 14 years the holiday surpassed €7 million.
  • The rollout was unusually broad, with reports citing roughly 1,200 screens and a strong per‑screen average of €7,744.
  • Among Zalone’s openings, the debut ranks third behind Tolo Tolo and Quo Vado?, which both launched on the typically stronger New Year’s Day.
  • Directed by Gennaro Nunziante and distributed by Medusa, the film is produced by Indiana Production with Medusa and Netflix, as Avatar – Fire and Fury followed with about €868,000 and a €10.5 million total to date.