Kings of Pastry
The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to France to compete against 15 of France's leading pastry chefs. The filmmakers were given first time/exclusive access to this high-stakes drama of passion, sacrifice, disappointment and joy in the quest to have President Sarkozy declare them one of the best in France.
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Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
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Nov 26-28 Thanksgiving 3-Day | 51 | $19,314 | +103.1% | 8 | +4 | $2,414 | $189,155 | 11 |
Dec 3-5 Post-Thanksgiving | 59 | $12,929 | -33.1% | 7 | -1 | $1,847 | $211,660 | 12 |
Nov 19-21 | 59 | $9,511 | +124.5% | 4 | -1 | $2,377 | $164,757 | 10 |
Jan 7-9 | 61 | $11,200 | +63.3% | 4 | - | $2,800 | $286,297 | 17 |
Dec 10-12 | 61 | $10,552 | -18.4% | 10 | +3 | $1,055 | $236,624 | 13 |
Dec 17-19 | 62 | $5,379 | -49% | 7 | -3 | $768 | $249,100 | 14 |
Dec 31-Jan 2, 2011 | 65 | $6,857 | +364.6% | 4 | - | $1,714 | $264,482 | 16 |
Sep 24-26 | 71 | $19,632 | +29.5% | 4 | +2 | $4,908 | $51,370 | 2 |
Oct 1-3 | 72 | $14,790 | -24.7% | 5 | +1 | $2,958 | $75,332 | 3 |
Oct 8-10 | 72 | $12,554 | -15.1% | 6 | +1 | $2,092 | $101,052 | 4 |
Sep 17-19 | 73 | $15,162 | - | 2 | - | $7,581 | $22,428 | 1 |
Jan 14-17 MLK wknd | 73 | $4,211 | - | 4 | - | $1,052 | $296,484 | - |
Dec 24-26 | 75 | $1,476 | -72.6% | 4 | -3 | $369 | $252,913 | 15 |
Oct 29-31 | 76 | $8,682 | +65.3% | 10 | +1 | $868 | $136,076 | 7 |
Jan 14-16 | 80 | $3,419 | -69.5% | 4 | - | $854 | $295,692 | 18 |
Oct 22-24 | 82 | $5,252 | -32.6% | 9 | +1 | $583 | $124,365 | 6 |
Oct 15-17 | 83 | $7,793 | -37.9% | 8 | +2 | $974 | $115,026 | 5 |
Nov 12-14 | 84 | $4,236 | +1.6% | 5 | - | $847 | $150,474 | 9 |
Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day wknd | 85 | $1,607 | - | 1 | - | $1,607 | $312,303 | - |
Nov 5-7 | 86 | $4,169 | -52% | 5 | -5 | $833 | $141,608 | 8 |
Jan 28-30 | 87 | $1,562 | - | 2 | - | $781 | $302,065 | 20 |
Feb 4-6 | 92 | $1,594 | +2% | 2 | - | $797 | $305,243 | 21 |
Feb 18-20 | 93 | $1,257 | +35.7% | 1 | - | $1,257 | $311,953 | 23 |
Jul 1-4 July 4th long wknd | 95 | $918 | - | 1 | - | $918 | $336,095 | - |
Mar 11-13 | 96 | $2,179 | - | 1 | - | $2,179 | $317,865 | 26 |
Feb 11-13 | 96 | $926 | -41.9% | 1 | -1 | $926 | $308,935 | 22 |
Jul 1-3 | 96 | $918 | - | 1 | - | $918 | $336,095 | 42 |
May 27-29 | 99 | $788 | -22.7% | 1 | - | $788 | $332,401 | 37 |
May 27-30 Memorial Day wknd | 101 | $788 | - | 1 | - | $788 | $332,401 | - |
May 20-22 | 108 | $1,020 | - | 1 | - | $1,020 | $330,425 | 36 |
Mar 25-27 | 109 | $1,223 | +136.1% | 1 | - | $1,223 | $323,309 | 28 |
Apr 22-24 | 110 | $979 | - | 1 | - | $979 | $329,405 | 32 |
Mar 18-20 | 112 | $518 | -76.2% | 1 | - | $518 | $320,609 | 27 |
Apr 8-10 | 116 | $532 | - | 3 | - | $177 | $325,175 | 30 |
Jul 15-17 | 120 | $79 | - | 1 | - | $79 | $336,174 | 44 |