Guiana 1838

The abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 prompts Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Company in Calcutta, a part of the East India Company, to recruit Coolies from India to fill the resulting labor void. The company hires Sinha, a fierce small-timer to sell dreams of El Dorado to the unsuspecting, impoverished Coolies who are signed to five-year contracts as indentured servants. Upon the Coolies' arrival in British Guiana in 1838, the British planters promptly enslave them to ensure that the growth of sugar in the British West Indies will continue uninterrupted. John Scoble of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society arrives on the colony a year later to discover a new form of slavery; this time on the backs of Indians.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$227,241
Summary Details
DistributorRBC Radio
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Opening$70,910
1 theaters
Running Time2 hr
GenresDrama
In Release464 days/66 weeks
Widest Release16 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Sep 24-3053$70,910-1-$70,910$70,9101
Oct 1-767$35,970-49.3%1-$35,970$106,8802
Oct 8-1486$16,610-53.8%1-$16,610$123,4903
Oct 15-2179$24,219+45.8%2+1$12,109$147,7094
Oct 22-2874$20,136-16.9%2-$10,068$167,8455
Oct 29-Nov 480$10,899-45.9%2-$5,449$178,7446
Dec 3-996$1,833-1-$1,833$190,37011
Dec 10-16107$1,816-0.9%1-$1,816$192,18612
Feb 4-1070$16,405-16-$1,025$211,49120
Feb 11-1798$4,061-75.2%3-13$1,353$215,55221
Feb 18-24121$634-84.4%1-2$634$216,18622
Apr 8-1495$7,110-1-$7,110$227,24129