The Audience” Breaks Box Office Records in New Zealand.

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“National Theatre Live’s: the Audience” Breaks Box Office Records in New Zealand.

July 15th - Rialto Distribution announce that NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE’S: THE AUDIENCE has broken local box office records in its opening weekend.

THE AUDIENCE opened to a weekend gross box office of $100,000; in only four days surpassing New Zealand’s previously top grossing NT Live titles THE HABIT OF ART, PHEDRE, and ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS. THE AUDIENCE was ranked as the eighth highest grossing film over the weekend, which is a fantastic result for alternative content released with limited sessions.

THE AUDIENCE, in which Dame Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II, brings the lauded West End production, captured live from London's prestigious Gielgud Theatre, to local audiences around the country.
It also reunites Helen Mirren with writer Peter Morgan, following their collaboration on the critically-acclaimed THE QUEEN, and is directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry (BILLY ELLIOT, THE HOURS).
Both Helen Mirren and Richard McCabe (playing former Prime Minister Harold Wilson) won Olivier Awards earlier in 2013 for their performances.
“We’re thrilled not only by the results for THE AUDIENCE, but the continued and growing demand for alternative content in New Zealand,” Kelly Rogers, CEO of Rialto Distribution, said. “With the anticipated, continued success of THE AUDIENCE, we are in good stead to deliver strong results for the upcoming 2013/2014 Met Opera series, next instalments of the EXHIBITION series, and other NT Live gems: OTHELLO, MACBETH, CORIOLANUS and WARHORSE, which will all release later this year”.

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