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'Mission London' Breaks Bulgaria's Box Office Record
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Bulgarian actor Yulian Vergov (l) as the Ambassador to London and pop star-turned actor, Orlin Goranov, as the President in the comedy “Mission London.” Photo by SIA
Bulgaria's latest motion picture “Mission London” brought BGN 355 120 in just 3 days, with 50 000 people going to the movie theaters between April 16 and 18.
The comedy of Director Dimitar Mitovski, telling the story about life at the Bulgarian Embassy in London, broke the all time record for contemporary Bulgarian film revenues – the one of “Dzift,” which during its entire showing brought 36 000 viewers and BGN 255 896.
More Bulgarians saw “Mission London” over the weekend than the blockbusters “Troy” and “The Clash of the Titans.”
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