Gennaro Nunziante
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Gennaro Nunziante is an Italian film director. He directed the three highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.[1][2]
Career[edit]
He teamed up with Checco Zalone to write Cado dalle nubi (2009), with Zalone starring and Nunziante directing.
They followed it up in 2011 with Che bella giornata. It opened with a record Italian opening weekend of $9.4 million[3] and became the highest-grossing Italian film of all-time in Italy, grossing €43.4 million,[4] surpassing Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful.[2] Life Is Beautiful retained the worldwide grossing record for an Italian film with $70 million worldwide.[2]
In 2013, he and Zalone followed it up with Sole a catinelle which surpassed it with an opening record of €19.2 million and a total Italian gross of €51.9 million.[2][4][1]
In January 2016, his and Zalone's next film Quo Vado? set another opening weekend record grossing over €22m over the three-day holiday weekend[1][5][6] and went on to become the highest-grossing Italian film of all-time[7] with €65.3 million, second only to Avatar in Italy with €65.7 million.[7]
His and Zalone's films are currently the second, third and fifth highest-grossing films in Italy.
Filmography[edit]
- Cado dalle nubi (2009)
- What a Beautiful Day (2011)
- Sole a catinelle (2013)
- Quo Vado? (2016)
- Il vegetale (2018)
- Belli ciao (2022)
- Come può uno scoglio (2023)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Anderson, Ariston (January 4, 2016). "Italy Box Office: Local Hit 'Quo Vado?' Sets Opening Records". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Lyman, Eric J. (November 4, 2013). "Italian Comedy 'Sun in Buckets' Sets New Opening Weekend Sales Record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Beautiful Day' now Italy's most successful film (Reuters)". 2011-01-17.
- ^ a b "Annuario Cinetel 2014" (PDF). Cinetel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Hoad, Phil. "Backward-looking The Force Awakens might pay the price beyond the west". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ "Quo Vado? has beaten Star Wars at the box office". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ a b Niola, Gabriele (January 14, 2016). "Italy box office: 'Quo Vado?' becomes biggest ever local film". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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