The Biggest Little Farm and Apollo 11 continue strong performance "The King of the High C's" is earning quite a few C-notes at the documentary box office. Ron Howard's biographical film Pavarotti, about the legendary operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti, took the top spot among nonfiction titles over the weekend with $431,140, according to audience tracker comScore. In its third week of release Pavarotti crossed the $1 million mark in overall earnings. Another music-related documentary also crossed the $1 million mark. Echo in the Canyon, about the rock n' roll music scene that flourished in the Hollywood Hills in the mid-1960s, made $225,356 over the weekend, pushing its total to $1,142,580 after five weeks of release. Andrew Slater directed the film and Jakob Dylan (Bob Dylan's son) plays a prominent role in it, interviewing many of the recording artists who defined the Laurel Canyon sound, from David Crosby to Michelle Phillips and Roger McGuinn. Related: |
AuthorMatthew Carey is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. His work has appeared on Deadline.com, CNN, CNN.com, TheWrap.com, NBCNews.com and in Documentary magazine. |