Prime Time Soap

Brazil, 1978, a group of people live their lives under the dictatorship, the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy of "Dancin' Days", a prime time soap, which fictional drama is set on the homonymous night club in Rio de Janeiro. After a fatal incident, Amanda and Dora (a high-class prostitute addicted to the TV drama, and her "maid") are forced to run away from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro with the fed Brandão in hot pursuit. While the excitement of visiting the disco "Dancin' Days" distracts Amanda from the danger of the situation she is in, Dora gets ready to confront her secret past. In a six degrees of separation manner, their destine will cross with João Paulo, a diplomat who feels like a foreigner in his own country, the revolutionary Vicente and his brother Pedro, and the teenager Caio, who was raised by his grandparents and counts with the support of his friend Mônica as he struggles to be accepted as a gay man. Both youngster are crazy about disco fever and fascinated by the soap "Dancin' Days".

Grosses

Brazil
$25,047
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures International (UPI)
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Release DateMar 30, 2012
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresDrama
In Release277 days/39 weeks
Widest Release17 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 5-845$1,187-10-$118$17,6992
Apr 19-2253$922-9-$102$19,8084
May 3-689$8-2-$4$20,7526
May 10-1381$17+112.5%1-1$17$20,8717
May 17-2074$208+1,123.5%4+3$52$21,0798
May 24-2758$292+40.4%1-3$292$21,4789
May 31-Jun 353$151-48.3%1-$151$22,05610
Jun 7-1058$112-25.8%1-$112$20,85111
Jun 14-1758$171+52.7%2+1$85$21,09212
Jul 5-844$330-16-$20$22,16715
Jul 19-2241$529-17-$31$23,74317
Jul 26-29
London Olympics
41$296-44%17-$17$24,54818
Aug 2-5
London Olympics
61$155-47.6%5-12$31$24,27919
Aug 9-12
London Olympics
70$62-60%2-3$31$24,55520
Aug 16-1971$9-85.5%1-1$9$24,61721
Sep 27-3090$35-1-$35$25,04727