Paradise: Hope
The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the camp director, a doctor forty years her senior. As the doctor struggles with the guilty nature of his desire, Melanie had imagined her paradise differently.
Distributor
Release DateJun 20, 2014
Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresDrama
In Release195 days/27 weeks
Widest Release2 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4-6 World Cup (Brazil) | 20 | $49 | - | 2 | - | $24 | $267 | 5 |
| Jul 11-13 World Cup (Brazil) | 15 | $818 | +1,569.4% | 2 | - | $409 | $1,183 | 7 |
| Jul 18-20 | 20 | $166 | -79.7% | 1 | -1 | $166 | $1,349 | 5 |
| Jul 25-27 | 23 | $230 | +38.6% | 1 | - | $230 | $1,802 | 6 |
| Aug 1-3 | 24 | $100 | -56.5% | 1 | - | $100 | $2,025 | 7 |
| Aug 8-10 | 25 | $72 | -28% | 1 | - | $72 | $2,176 | 8 |
| Aug 15-17 | 20 | $71 | -1.4% | 1 | - | $71 | $2,305 | 9 |
| Aug 22-24 | 24 | $35 | -50.7% | 1 | - | $35 | $2,397 | 10 |
| Aug 29-31 | 18 | $263 | +651.4% | 1 | - | $263 | $3,085 | 11 |
