My Sweet Orange Tree

My Sweet Orange Tree begins with José Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, through flashbacks. Zezé (João Guilherme Avila), a boy of eight years who lives in Minas Gerais in a very humble house with his family, consisting of his father (Eduardo Dascar), an unemployed and alcoholic, and his mother (Fernanda Vianna), which works to support the home and his brother and sisters. Despite the lack of understanding, affection and the aggression suffered by from his father and school colleagues, the boy has a great skill for storytelling using his imagination. With financial difficulties, the family has to move. At the new home, Zezé finds an orange tree, which he talks everyday. However, for being extremely extrovert he got involved in several confusions. One of them, he tries to ride on the bumper of Manoel Valadares, the "Portuga" (José de Abreu), but is caught and spanked. The boy feels humiliated and wants revenge, however Valadares ends up understanding Zezé, which turns to share his world of fantasies, and a new friendship arises.

Grosses

Brazil
$359,842
Domestic ()
Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$116,281
112 theaters
Release DateApr 19, 2013
Running Time1 hr 39 min
GenresDrama Family
In Release622 days/88 weeks
Widest Release112 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 18-2112$116,281-112-$1,038$116,2811
Apr 25-2813$44,475-61.8%86-26$517$233,1012
May 2-513$16,200-63.6%37-49$437$307,7483
May 9-1217$7,907-51.2%29-8$272$325,8684
May 16-1931$2,066-73.9%8-21$258$338,4175
May 23-2648$946-54.2%10+2$94$342,6136
Jun 6-946$490-2-$245$345,9248
Jul 4-757$169-1-$169$347,61412
Aug 1-431$2,024-6-$337$351,91516
Aug 15-1830$2,217-2-$1,108$354,13218
Feb 6-9
Sochi Olympics
40$1,587-1-$1,587$359,84243