(ANSA) - ROME, 02 JAN - It made its debut at the cinema on New Year's Eve and immediately jumped to the top at the box office Belli ciao, the comedy starring Pio and Amedeo directed by Gennaro Nunziante who wrote the film together with the two Apulian comedians. On the first day in theaters, the film totaled 489,739 euros with 383 screens, Cinetel data, and an average per screen of 1,279 euros, the highest ever, beating even MatrixResurrections and Spider-Man: No Way Home which counted a higher number of copies. "I hope that seeing an Italian film at the top of the box office on the first day of 2022 is a good omen for our entire community and our film market - comments the producer Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle -.I am therefore particularly happy with the result obtained by Belli on his first day of programming and I thank Gennaro Nunziante, Pio and Amedeo for giving us a funny and intelligent comedy. I am also grateful to Vision for believing in this film from day one. "
Massimiliano Orfei, CEO of Vision Distribution, echoes: "We are really happy with the primacy of Belli ciao at the New Year's Eve box office. I want to congratulate Gennaro and Pio and Amedeo, because this success, in such a difficult moment in the market, was not at all obvious and confirms it. strength of Italian comedy at the box office. I also want to express our gratitude to Lorenzo Mieli and all of Fremantle for having believed in Vision ".
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The success of Pio and Amedeo, the two inseparable friends who, faced with the fateful dilemma gripping the young people of the South, made opposing choices, reveals the great vitality of Italian comedy, the strength of irony and the need for lightness of the audience that awarded Belli ciao.
Produced by Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle, ilfilm is a Fremantle and Vision Distribution production in collaboration with Sky and Prime Video, distributed by VisionDistribution.
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