Monday, August 14, 2023
As expected and still hard to believe: "Rehragout-Rendevouz" sets an unbelievable record at the box office!
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As expected and still hard to believe:
"Rehragout-Rendevouz" sets an unbelievable record at the box office!
Article by Christoph Petersen •
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You really should check whether the Eberhofer series hasn't set a world record long ago?! In any case, we can't think of a single case where a hit series of cinema films has lasted so long without interruption...
In any case, with “Rehragout-Rendevouz” (» click here for the detailed FILMSTARTS review), the ninth part of the Niederkaltenkirchen crime saga was released in German cinemas last Thursday – and for the eighth time in a row a new film in the series has more viewers * lured to the start in the movie theaters than its predecessor. In other words: every single Eberhofer case was more successful than the previous one...
"Rehragout-Rendevouz" attracted 300,000 visitors* in front of the screens on the first weekend - and there are another 100,000 extra on top of that, because many fans had already seized the opportunity to watch the crime comedy in one of the numerous preview performances .
Certainly this successful series also has something to do with the fact that the films were initially only a Bavarian phenomenon, until the rest of Germany slowly jumped on the bandwagon from Part 4 onwards. But still: That alone does not explain why parts 7, 8 and 9 (partly even during the Corona pandemic) continued to grow so much:
“Dampfnudelblues”: 30,000 visitors
“Winter potato dumplings”: 75,000 visitors
"Pig's head al dente": 90,000 visitors
“Semolina dumpling affair”: 120,000 visitors
“Sauerkraut Coma”: 160,000 visitors
“Leberkäsjunkie”: 200,000 visitors
"Kaiserschmarrn drama": 220,000 visitors
"Guglhupfgeschwader": 250,000 visitors
"Rendevouz venison ragout": 300,000 visitors (+ 100,000 in previews)
The Eberhofer future is still uncertain
In the latest film, the Eberhofer family has to face their biggest challenge yet when grandma (Enzi Fuchs) decides to quit her job as mistress of the household and move into a feminist flat share instead! Of course, everything at home descends into chaos, while Franz (Sebastian Bezzel) also has to solve a particularly macabre murder and Susi (Lisa Maria Potthoff) is promoted to deputy mayor.
... but after the author Rita Falk gave an interview in Spiegel last weekend and expressed clear criticism of the "Rehragout-Rendevouz" film adaptation, it is currently still in the stars, despite the grandiose cinema results, whether there will even be a tenth (again record-breaking?) Eberhofer case will be in the cinemas...