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Friday, September 5, 2008

Starter for Ten

The Numbers Rating: 7.00 (1 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $216,839
Released February 23, 2007 (exclusive)
MPAA Rating PG-13 for sexual content, language and a scene of drug use.
Running Time:92 minutes
Distributed by PictureHouse
Produced by HBO Films
Music Composed By Blake Neely
Source Based on Book/Short Story
Major Genre Drama
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Historical Fiction
Time Frame 1980-1990
Director Tom Vaughan

Synopsis

Starter For 10 is a romantic comedy set in the mid-80s about a working-class kid struggling to make his way in the rarified world of upper-class British University. On his way to achieving his long-held ambition to appear on the British TV Quiz Show, University Challenge, he falls in love with his beautiful teammate and forms a plan to win her heart through his advanced general knowledge skills. Starter For 10 is a bittersweet comedy about loyalty, class, falling in love and the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

Cast

James McAvoy    Brian Jackson
Alice Eve    Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall    Rebecca Epstein
Catherine Tate    Julie Jackson
Dominic Cooper    Spencer
Benedict Cumberpatch    Patrick
James Corden    Tone
Charles Dance    Michael Harbinson
Lindsay Duncan    Rose Harbinson

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2/23/2007 55 $37,141   20 $1,857 $37,141 3
3/2/2007 70 $13,848 -62.72% 11 $1,259 $71,394 10
3/9/2007 53 $45,698 +230.00% 20 $2,285 $121,222 17
3/16/2007 51 $40,542 -11.28% 32 $1,267 $177,442 24
3/23/2007 66 $16,280 -59.84% 19 $857 $210,128 31

Daily Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2/23/2007 -  $13,000   20 $650 $13,000 1

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