Happy Family

Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs, in his day a 'dry' wrestler, resolves to return the kid's favor by coaching down-beaten Omar back to life to the full, although the decisive match is in a few days, like the contest, and the unathletic novice pupil still has nothing to show for his cockiness...

Grosses

Netherlands
$1,271,669
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorRCV Film Distribution
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Opening$130,782
57 theaters
Release DateDec 14, 2006
Running Time1 hr 22 min
GenresComedy Romance
In Release383 days/54 weeks
Widest Release58 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 14-178$130,782-57-$2,294$130,7821
Dec 21-248$104,180-20.3%58+1$1,796$269,7262
Dec 28-3111$126,619+21.5%58-$2,183$520,8853
Jan 4-712$169,500+33.9%58-$2,922$818,5654
Jan 11-1410$77,577-54.2%58-$1,337$908,5945
Jan 18-2110$69,960-9.8%56-2$1,249$997,1556
Jan 25-2813$60,467-13.6%56-$1,079$1,059,7097
Feb 1-418$41,191-31.9%56-$735$1,115,5058
Feb 8-1114$44,389+7.8%52-4$853$1,170,3679
Feb 22-2519$33,718-39-$864$1,271,66911