- "The Nanny" debuts at No. 1 of German box office
- First German No. 1 release in 2015
- Next release "Highway to Hellas" in Summer
Kronberg im Taunus / Munich / Berlin, Mar. 30, 2015 – "The Nanny", the latest film by PANTALEON Entertainment AG (ISIN DE000A12UPJ7) launched at No. 1 on German box office charts this week. The film was released by Warner Bros. in 629 theaters in Germany this weekend, selling 314 000 tickets and generating € 2.60 million revenue, the first German film to debut at No. 1 this year. That makes "The Nanny" PANTALEON Group's fifth release in a row to debut at No. 1.
"We're very proud of this success, which underscores our strength in the German theatrical market", says PANTALEON Entertainment CEO Dan Maag. "A successful theatrical launch is the first big step to a long commerical run of all our productions, along all steps of the exploitation chain. A new smash hit like "The Nanny" will have long legs for the rest of its distribution lifetime, from Home Entertainment to Pay and Free TV."
"The Nanny" released in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland (GSA) last weekend, the first PANTALEON Group theatrical release 2015. Next in the PANTALEON pipeline is Pan-European culture clash comedy "Highway to Hellas", featuring German A-list comic Christoph Maria Herbst (German "The Office"/"Stromberg") as a German banker sent to a Greek island to check whether collateral given the bank for a loan really exists. The hot-button contempo comedy will be distributed by Warner Bros., launching in German theaters this Summer.
About PANTALEON Entertainment AG:
PANTALEON Entertainment AG is a media enterprise mainly focused on theatrical films. PANTALEON Entertainment AG and its subsids are mainly active in the development and production of theatrical feature films, and the exploitation of the rights to those films, mainly through leading international film distributors in Germany and abroad, over all links of the distribution chain. The foundation for PANTALEON Group was laid in 2009 with the incorporation of PANTALEON Entertainment GmbH in Berlin. As of 2015, PANTALEON has established itself as one of the leading German production houses for theatrical feature films and innovative entertainment formats.
PANTALEON Group is headquartered in Kronberg by Frankfurt. From its offices in Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, it has produced a slate of blockbusters, including some of the most successful German films of recent years. For more information, please see www.pantaleonentertainment.com
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