At a gathering in a genetics lab at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto today, Telefilm Canada presented their second annual Golden Box Office Award (aka the “Goldie”) to Splice director Vincenzo Natali, and the film’s co-writer Doug Taylor.
The award, worth a total of $40,000 in cash prizes, “recognizes the Canadian writers and director of the Canadian English-language feature film with the highest domestic box-office”. Splice, a strange sci-fi-horror starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, took in a total of $2.1 million at the box office domestically and $26.9 million worldwide.
“Making movies is much like making a monster, you don’t know what terror you’ve wrought until it has escaped from the lab. The fact that Splice was a box office success in its native country is another testament to Telefilm’s foresight and their faith in Canadian filmmakers to produce popular entertainment. Without their support this strange but beautiful creature could never have come to life,” Natali said at the reception.
The inaugural “Goldie” was handed out to Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day, which earned a domestic box office of $2.9 million.
For more information on Telefilm Canada, visit telefilm.gc.ca.
Splice is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Top image: A scene from Splice. Courtesy eOne Films.
