Mexico Box Office: Homegrown Productions Holding Their Own Against Hollywood Fare John Hecht - Hollywood Reporter
go to original December 14, 2013

It took just two weeks for the breakout comedy "Instructions Not Included" to dethrone Mexico's previous box office champ. (FilmFestivalVideos)

MEXICO CITY - It appears that Mexican cinema is finally gaining ground at home in a market where Hollywood releases usually dominate.

The Mexican Film Chamber (Canacine) this week released a year-end preliminary report, and the results are encouraging for local producers - attendance figures and box office receipts for Mexican releases nearly tripled this year as they captured a double-digit market share.

What's more, several domestic films pulled off the rare feat of outperforming wide Hollywood releases. Among those was the bilingual comedy Instructions Not Included, which raked in more than $47 million and bested such tentpoles as Disney's Monsters University and Universal's Fast & Furious 6. Stateside, the Pantelion release did an impressive $44 million, making it the top-grossing Spanish-language film of all time in the U.S.

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