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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Eastern Promises

The Numbers Rating: 8.50 (4 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $17,144,882
International Gross $14,800,000
Worldwide Gross $31,944,882
Home Market Performance
US DVD Sales: $12,826,069 Weekly Breakdown
Released September 14, 2007 (limited)
September 21, 2007 (expansion to wide release)
December 26, 2007 (DVD Sale)
MPAA Rating R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity
Running Time:100 minutes
Keywords Organized Crime
Distributed by Focus Features
Music Composed By Howard Shore
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Thriller/Suspense
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Contemporary Fiction
Director David Cronenberg

Synopsis

The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives -- including his own -- hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.

Cast

Viggo Mortensen    Nickolai
Naomi Watts    Anna
Vincent Cassel    Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl    Semyon

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
9/14/2007 21 $547,092   15 $36,473 $547,092 3
9/21/2007 5 $5,641,788 +931.23% 1,404 $4,018 $6,443,748 10
9/28/2007 8 $2,938,847 -47.91% 1,408 $2,087 $11,281,492 17
10/5/2007 11 $2,079,579 -29.24% 1,212 $1,716 $14,455,384 24
10/12/2007 17 $842,067 -59.51% 781 $1,078 $16,263,330 31
10/19/2007 32 $245,961 -70.79% 185 $1,330 $16,866,286 38
10/26/2007 36 $141,458 -42.49% 78 $1,814 $17,144,882 45

Daily Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
9/21/2007 4 $1,867,227   1,404 $1,330 $2,669,187 8
9/22/2007 5 $2,344,537 +25.56% 1,404 $1,670 $5,013,724 9
9/23/2007 5 $1,430,024 -39.01% 1,404 $1,019 $6,443,748 10
9/24/2007 4 $482,376 -66.27% 1,404 $344 $6,943,466 11
9/25/2007 5 $516,026 +6.98% 1,404 $368 $7,459,492 12
9/26/2007 5 $462,423 -10.39% 1,404 $329 $7,921,915 13
9/27/2007 5 $420,730 -9.02% 1,404 $300 $8,342,645 14
9/28/2007 8 $891,375 +111.86% 1,408 $633 $9,234,020 15
9/29/2007 8 $1,289,546 +44.67% 1,408 $916 $10,523,566 16
9/30/2007 7 $757,926 -41.23% 1,408 $538 $11,281,492 17
10/1/2007 7 $259,290 -65.79% 1,408 $184 $11,540,782 18
10/2/2007 7 $314,988 +21.48% 1,408 $224 $11,855,770 19
10/3/2007 7 $264,702 -15.96% 1,408 $188 $12,120,472 20
10/4/2007 7 $255,333 -3.54% 1,408 $181 $12,375,805 21
10/5/2007 11 $603,000 +136.16% 1,212 $498 $12,979,000 22
10/9/2007 8 $215,767   1,212 $178 $15,009,475 26
10/10/2007 7 $210,352 -2.51% 1,212 $174 $15,219,827 27
10/11/2007 8 $201,436 -4.24% 1,212 $166 $15,421,263 28

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Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal Gross
2007-09-20 50 $801,960   15 $53,464 $801,960
2007-09-27 9 $7,540,685 +840.28% 1,404 $5,371 $8,342,645
2007-10-04 19 $4,658,075 -38.23%     $13,000,720
2007-10-11 14 $5,651,026 +21.32% 811 $6,968 $18,651,746
2007-10-18 29 $2,546,977 -54.93% 1,185 $2,149 $21,198,723
2007-10-25 47 $1,457,997 -42.76%     $23,055,201
2007-11-01 30 $3,671,454 +151.81% 689 $5,329 $26,726,655
2007-11-08 37 $2,129,410 -42.00% 445 $4,785 $28,856,065