Kings of Pastry
The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to France to compete against 15 of France's leading pastry chefs. The filmmakers were given first time/exclusive access to this high-stakes drama of passion, sacrifice, disappointment and joy in the quest to have President Sarkozy declare them one of the best in France.
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Date | Rank | Weekly | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Week |
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Sep 17-23 | 77 | $24,472 | +236.8% | 2 | +1 | $12,236 | $31,738 | 2 |
Sep 10-16 | 97 | $7,266 | - | 1 | - | $7,266 | $7,266 | 1 |
Sep 24-30 | 71 | $28,804 | +17.7% | 5 | +3 | $5,760 | $60,542 | 3 |
Oct 1-7 | 67 | $27,956 | -2.9% | 5 | - | $5,591 | $88,498 | 4 |
Mar 11-17 | 95 | $4,405 | +223.7% | 1 | - | $4,405 | $320,091 | 27 |
Jan 7-13 | 62 | $17,176 | -1.7% | 4 | -1 | $4,294 | $292,273 | 18 |
Jan 21-27 | 86 | $4,019 | -4.6% | 1 | -3 | $4,019 | $300,503 | 20 |
Dec 3-9 | 55 | $27,341 | -5.4% | 7 | -1 | $3,905 | $223,210 | 13 |
Nov 19-25 | 66 | $14,595 | +62% | 4 | -1 | $3,648 | $169,841 | 11 |
Feb 18-24 | 84 | $3,629 | +35.1% | 1 | - | $3,629 | $314,325 | 24 |
Nov 26-Dec 2 | 52 | $28,890 | +97.9% | 8 | +4 | $3,611 | $198,731 | 12 |
Dec 31-Jan 6, 2011 | 57 | $17,472 | +182.4% | 5 | +1 | $3,494 | $272,350 | 17 |
Feb 11-17 | 84 | $2,687 | -38.4% | 1 | -1 | $2,687 | $310,696 | 23 |
Oct 8-14 | 72 | $18,735 | -33% | 7 | +2 | $2,676 | $107,233 | 5 |
May 20-26 | 109 | $2,208 | - | 1 | - | $2,208 | $331,613 | 37 |
Feb 4-10 | 83 | $4,360 | +38.6% | 2 | - | $2,180 | $308,009 | 22 |
Mar 18-24 | 110 | $1,995 | -54.7% | 1 | - | $1,995 | $322,086 | 28 |
Nov 12-18 | 80 | $9,008 | +2.4% | 5 | - | $1,801 | $155,246 | 10 |
Dec 10-16 | 58 | $17,649 | -35.4% | 10 | +3 | $1,764 | $243,721 | 14 |
Nov 5-11 | 85 | $8,799 | -12.4% | 5 | -5 | $1,759 | $143,502 | 9 |
Apr 15-21 | 98 | $3,251 | +511.1% | 2 | -1 | $1,625 | $328,426 | 32 |
Jan 28-Feb 3 | 83 | $3,146 | -21.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,573 | $303,649 | 21 |
Dec 24-30 | 69 | $6,188 | -19.8% | 4 | -4 | $1,547 | $257,625 | 16 |
Oct 15-21 | 85 | $11,880 | -36.6% | 8 | +1 | $1,485 | $119,113 | 6 |
Mar 4-10 | 98 | $1,361 | - | 1 | - | $1,361 | $315,686 | 26 |
Apr 1-7 | 118 | $1,334 | +9.1% | 1 | - | $1,334 | $323,580 | 30 |
Jun 10-16 | 103 | $1,282 | - | 1 | - | $1,282 | $333,683 | 40 |
Mar 25-31 | 115 | $1,223 | -38.7% | 1 | - | $1,223 | $323,309 | 29 |
Jan 14-20 | 86 | $4,211 | -75.5% | 4 | - | $1,052 | $296,484 | 19 |
Oct 29-Nov 4 | 81 | $10,045 | +21.3% | 10 | - | $1,004 | $137,439 | 8 |
Apr 22-28 | 117 | $979 | -69.9% | 1 | -1 | $979 | $329,405 | 33 |
Dec 17-23 | 70 | $7,716 | -56.3% | 8 | -2 | $964 | $251,437 | 15 |
Jul 1-7 | 108 | $918 | +20.2% | 1 | - | $918 | $336,095 | 43 |
Oct 22-28 | 82 | $8,281 | -30.3% | 10 | +2 | $828 | $127,394 | 7 |
May 27-Jun 2 | 112 | $788 | -64.3% | 1 | - | $788 | $332,401 | 38 |
Jun 24-30 | 117 | $764 | +4.7% | 1 | - | $764 | $335,177 | 42 |
Jun 17-23 | 109 | $730 | -43.1% | 1 | - | $730 | $334,413 | 41 |
Jul 15-21 | 129 | $291 | - | 1 | - | $291 | $336,386 | 45 |
Apr 8-14 | 128 | $532 | -60.1% | 3 | +2 | $177 | $325,175 | 31 |