After four weeks, South African drama, Tsotsi, has grossed over R2, 5 million on the local circuit, outperforming comparative films, such as Whale Rider, Hotel Rwanda and Yesterday.
Tsotsi maintained its position on the SA Top 10, and has held onto its number 3 position on the Cinema Nouveau screened by Jamesons Top 10 for three consecutive weeks.
The best performing site continues to be Ster-Kinekor’s Sterland cinema in Pretoria, where more than 10 000 people a week are coming through the doors to see Tsotsi. Actors Presley Chweneyagae and Zenzo Ngqobe recently spent a day at the cinema where they met and spent time with fans.
Miramax released Tsotsi in the United States this past weekend (24 February 2006) and the UK release is scheduled for mid March 2006.
Tsotsi was the first South African film to receive a Golden Globe and two Bafta nominations.
With the Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category, all of South Africa is now holding its breath in anticipation of bringing home another golden statuette on 5 March 2006.
The Academy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live at Emperors Palace
Monsoon Lagoon on 6 March from 3:00am. Listen to YFM for further details on the broadcast, or send an e-mail to Tsotsi@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
The film is distributed in South Africa by Ster-Kinekor Distribution and is supported by KFC, SABC Corporate Marketing, YFM, The Sowetan, Sunday World, Primedia, and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Council and Emperor’s Palace.
