{"id":2336588,"date":"2026-03-19T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2336588"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:43:15","slug":"santiago-segura-and-sony-plus-a-little-help-from-alec-baldwin-and-kevin-spacey-smash-spanish-cinema-records-with-torrente-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/santiago-segura-and-sony-plus-a-little-help-from-alec-baldwin-and-kevin-spacey-smash-spanish-cinema-records-with-torrente-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago Segura and Sony, Plus a Little Help From Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey, Smash Spanish Cinema Records With \u2018Torrente for President\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Who would have thought that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000228\/\">Kevin Spacey<\/a>, after his Hollywood career ended amid various sexual assault allegations, would feature in a blockbuster?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s happened, at least in Spain. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37969901\/\">Torrente for President<\/a>,\u201d featuring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12569693\/\">Spacey<\/a> in a cameo role and released by Sony Pictures Spain, has smashed all recent movie box office records in Spain, punching \u20ac7.25 ($8.3 million) over its first weekend from a March 13 bow.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the biggest bow for any film of any nationality since 2019, Sony Pictures Spain announced Tuesday. It\u2019s also the best opening gross for a Spanish film since \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3626742\/\">Spanish Affair 2<\/a>\u201d (\u20ac8.8 million: $10.1 million) way back in 2015, and the fourth best in history for a local title, only beaten by \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1649419\/\">The Impossible<\/a>\u201d (\u20ac8.9 million: $10.2 million) in 2012 and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1417108\/\">Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis<\/a>\u201d (\u20ac8.4 million: $9.7 million ) a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTorrente for Presidente\u201d passed 1 million spectators after four days, accounting for almost 70% of Spain\u2019s total box office, Sony Pictures Spain also confirmed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who would have thought that Kevin Spacey, after his Hollywood career ended amid various sexual assault allegations, would feature in a blockbuster? 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