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
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Sep 24-2648$70,910-1-$70,910$70,9101
Oct 1-360$35,970-49.3%1-$35,970$106,8802
Oct 8-1073$16,610-53.8%1-$16,610$123,4903
Oct 15-1773$21,366+28.6%2+1$10,683$144,8564
Oct 22-2468$17,457-18.3%2-$8,728$165,1665
Oct 29-3176$8,668-50.3%2-$4,334$176,5136
Nov 5-770$9,793+13%2-$4,896$188,5377
Dec 3-5
Post-Thanksgiving
97$1,271-1-$1,271$189,80811
Dec 10-12109$1,142-10.1%1-$1,142$191,51212
Dec 17-19108$541-52.6%1-$541$192,72713
Jan 14-1677$2,170-1-$2,170$195,08617
Jan 14-17
MLK wknd
80$2,170-1-$2,170$195,086-
Feb 4-670$12,329-16-$770$207,41520
Feb 11-1397$3,140-74.5%3-13$1,046$214,63121
Feb 18-20105$473-84.9%1-2$473$216,02522
Feb 18-21
Presidents' Day wknd
119$544-1-$544$216,096-
Mar 4-695$3,945-2-$1,972$220,13124
Apr 8-1082$7,110-1-$7,110$227,24129