Synopsis
Paco is so fed up with his nagging and nitpicking wife Dana that he comes up with an ingenious plan to end the unhappy union—find her a boyfriend by hiring a professional seducer nicknamed “El Taiger” to whisk her off her feet and out of the marriage. But even the best laid plans can backfire when love is involved.
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Movie Details
| Mexico Releases: |
February 12th, 2016 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
June 7th, 2016 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for sexual material, some language and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2409 (Cert #50241), 1/27/2016) |
| Running Time: |
92 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Infidelity, Dysfunctional Family, Faked Romance |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Romantic Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Azucar Films, Cacerola Films, Animal De Luz Films, Vietnam Films, Equipment Film & Design, Oxido Picture |
| Production Countries: |
Mexico |
| Languages: |
Spanish |
February 24th, 2016
The Mermaid led the way as far as limited releases were concerned with $985,000 in 35 theaters for an average of $28,144. The film has broken records in China, which we will talk about more tomorrow with the international top five. The Embrace of the Serpent was next with an average of $16,985 in three theaters over the weekend, while it earned an average of $20,721 during its five-day opening. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Deadpool with an average of $15,172. On a related note, Warner Bros. has announced an R-rated Blu-ray for Batman v. Superman. The is the wrong lesson to learn from the success of Deadpool.
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February 19th, 2016
It's a short list this week, but there are more than a few films worth talking about. The Mermaid is by far the biggest and it has already earned close to $300 million worldwide. Additionally, its director, Stephen Chow, has had some box office success here in the past. Unfortunately, it has No Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, so it is hard to tell if it deserves breakout success here.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2016/02/12 |
2 |
$1,139,900 |
|
1,187 |
$960 |
$1,139,900 |
1 |
| 2016/02/26 |
8 |
$200,802 |
|
0 |
|
$2,701,368 |
3 |
| 2016/03/18 |
30 |
$2,311 |
|
7 |
$330 |
$2,828,868 |
6 |
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