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 | Weekly | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Week |
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Nov 26-Dec 2 | 52 | $28,890 | +97.9% | 8 | +4 | $3,611 | $198,731 | 12 |
Dec 3-9 | 55 | $27,341 | -5.4% | 7 | -1 | $3,905 | $223,210 | 13 |
Dec 31-Jan 6, 2011 | 57 | $17,472 | +182.4% | 5 | +1 | $3,494 | $272,350 | 17 |
Dec 10-16 | 58 | $17,649 | -35.4% | 10 | +3 | $1,764 | $243,721 | 14 |
Jan 7-13 | 62 | $17,176 | -1.7% | 4 | -1 | $4,294 | $292,273 | 18 |
Nov 19-25 | 66 | $14,595 | +62% | 4 | -1 | $3,648 | $169,841 | 11 |
Oct 1-7 | 67 | $27,956 | -2.9% | 5 | - | $5,591 | $88,498 | 4 |
Dec 24-30 | 69 | $6,188 | -19.8% | 4 | -4 | $1,547 | $257,625 | 16 |
Dec 17-23 | 70 | $7,716 | -56.3% | 8 | -2 | $964 | $251,437 | 15 |
Sep 24-30 | 71 | $28,804 | +17.7% | 5 | +3 | $5,760 | $60,542 | 3 |
Oct 8-14 | 72 | $18,735 | -33% | 7 | +2 | $2,676 | $107,233 | 5 |
Sep 17-23 | 77 | $24,472 | +236.8% | 2 | +1 | $12,236 | $31,738 | 2 |
Nov 12-18 | 80 | $9,008 | +2.4% | 5 | - | $1,801 | $155,246 | 10 |
Oct 29-Nov 4 | 81 | $10,045 | +21.3% | 10 | - | $1,004 | $137,439 | 8 |
Oct 22-28 | 82 | $8,281 | -30.3% | 10 | +2 | $828 | $127,394 | 7 |
Feb 4-10 | 83 | $4,360 | +38.6% | 2 | - | $2,180 | $308,009 | 22 |
Jan 28-Feb 3 | 83 | $3,146 | -21.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,573 | $303,649 | 21 |
Feb 18-24 | 84 | $3,629 | +35.1% | 1 | - | $3,629 | $314,325 | 24 |
Feb 11-17 | 84 | $2,687 | -38.4% | 1 | -1 | $2,687 | $310,696 | 23 |
Oct 15-21 | 85 | $11,880 | -36.6% | 8 | +1 | $1,485 | $119,113 | 6 |
Nov 5-11 | 85 | $8,799 | -12.4% | 5 | -5 | $1,759 | $143,502 | 9 |
Jan 14-20 | 86 | $4,211 | -75.5% | 4 | - | $1,052 | $296,484 | 19 |
Jan 21-27 | 86 | $4,019 | -4.6% | 1 | -3 | $4,019 | $300,503 | 20 |
Mar 11-17 | 95 | $4,405 | +223.7% | 1 | - | $4,405 | $320,091 | 27 |
Sep 10-16 | 97 | $7,266 | - | 1 | - | $7,266 | $7,266 | 1 |
Apr 15-21 | 98 | $3,251 | +511.1% | 2 | -1 | $1,625 | $328,426 | 32 |
Mar 4-10 | 98 | $1,361 | - | 1 | - | $1,361 | $315,686 | 26 |
Jun 10-16 | 103 | $1,282 | - | 1 | - | $1,282 | $333,683 | 40 |
Jul 1-7 | 108 | $918 | +20.2% | 1 | - | $918 | $336,095 | 43 |
May 20-26 | 109 | $2,208 | - | 1 | - | $2,208 | $331,613 | 37 |
Jun 17-23 | 109 | $730 | -43.1% | 1 | - | $730 | $334,413 | 41 |
Mar 18-24 | 110 | $1,995 | -54.7% | 1 | - | $1,995 | $322,086 | 28 |
May 27-Jun 2 | 112 | $788 | -64.3% | 1 | - | $788 | $332,401 | 38 |
Mar 25-31 | 115 | $1,223 | -38.7% | 1 | - | $1,223 | $323,309 | 29 |
Apr 22-28 | 117 | $979 | -69.9% | 1 | -1 | $979 | $329,405 | 33 |
Jun 24-30 | 117 | $764 | +4.7% | 1 | - | $764 | $335,177 | 42 |
Apr 1-7 | 118 | $1,334 | +9.1% | 1 | - | $1,334 | $323,580 | 30 |
Apr 8-14 | 128 | $532 | -60.1% | 3 | +2 | $177 | $325,175 | 31 |
Jul 15-21 | 129 | $291 | - | 1 | - | $291 | $336,386 | 45 |