BRIDE AND PREJUDICE does respectable box office in limited release
Reuters has the weekend box office report, including the take for the limited release of BRIDE AND PREJUDICE:
In the limited-release world, “Bride and Prejudice,” a “Bollywood”-inspired update of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” opened with a strong $388,000 from 32 theaters. It was released by Disney’s Miramax Films.
In other B&P news, several of the Sunday papers had in-depth articles about Gurinder Chadha, the film’s director. The San Francisco Chronicle talks about how Ms. Chadha’s background as an Indian growing up in the U.K. affects the themes of her films. Steven Rea of the Philadelphia Inquirer talks with Ms. Chadha about the similarities between Jane Austen’s story and contemporary Indian culture. Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post tells of Ms. Chadha’s frustrations at being unable to make the films she wanted to make before BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM.
