The film divided into 16 stories that seek to make a description of the “Argentine” and starring Guillermo Francella was praised by President Javier Milei.
After four days on the billboard, Homo Argentumthe film starring Guillermo Francellawho interprets 16 characters in each of the vignettes in historyis already one of the most successful premieres in the history of national cinema. In this first weekend on the billboard, exceeded 330,000 spectators.
The film directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat It was seen in 405 cinemas from all over the country And on the day of its premiere, last Thursday, August 14, it led to 73,886 people to the rooms. With these figures, it was located as the fourth film more seen on the day of its premiere in the history of Argentine cinema. This trend was repeated in the days of the weekend and is expected to continue for several weeks.
Besides, Homo Argentum He had the third start of the year in general and It is close to entering the 20 highest grossing of 2025 with only four days on the poster.
According to Ultracine data, a site dedicated to registering the sale of tickets throughout the country, until Saturday 17, Homo Argentum had had 320,011 spectators And the previous days had cut 185,055 Tickets (73,886 on Thursday and 111,169 on Friday). This is almost 56 percent of the total viewers who went to the cinema these days.
After 17 weeks since its premiere, Mazel Tov, Adrián Suar’s film, accumulated 356,897 spectatorsso Homo Argentum is expected to exceed these figures and position it as the most watched Argentine film in cinemas this year.
The praise of Javier Milei to Homo Argentum
In addition to the calling figure of Francella, Part of the movie’s box office can be explained by the long debate behind. President Javier Milei projected the film for deputies and members of his cabinet and then pointed out in his X account that showed the evidence “Bizarre show that the Kukas offer today.”
The president titled the publication “Homo Argentum: cognitive dissonance in the heart Woke” and made an extensive criticism of the film interpreted as a description of the “Argentine” with a look of political and social criticism.
“The movie hurts a lot because presents a mirror in which everything that is… It is almost more to say what hurts success in a film without financing of the State, since it shows many of the field (and surroundings) as total and absolute failed“The president said.
Source: Ambito
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