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.
DistributorGolem Distribución
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Opening$12,266
11 theaters
11 theaters
Release DateAug 30, 2013
Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresDrama
In Release124 days/17 weeks
Widest Release11 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30-Sep 1 | 31 | $12,266 | - | 11 | - | $1,115 | $12,266 | 1 |
| Sep 6-8 | 41 | $5,237 | -57.3% | 8 | -3 | $654 | $27,363 | 2 |
| Sep 13-15 | 44 | $2,926 | -44.1% | 5 | -3 | $585 | $35,676 | 3 |
| Sep 20-22 | 48 | $1,331 | -54.5% | 3 | -2 | $443 | $39,714 | 4 |
| Sep 27-29 | 59 | $683 | -48.7% | 2 | -1 | $341 | $41,899 | 5 |
| Oct 4-6 | 59 | $691 | +1.2% | 2 | - | $345 | $43,436 | 6 |
| Oct 11-13 | 77 | $8 | -98.8% | 1 | -1 | $8 | $43,829 | 7 |
| Oct 18-20 | 70 | $260 | +3,150% | 1 | - | $260 | $44,089 | 8 |
| Oct 25-27 | 70 | $210 | -19.2% | 1 | - | $210 | $44,593 | 9 |
| Nov 1-3 | 71 | $131 | -37.6% | 1 | - | $131 | $44,863 | 10 |
