Schweiger's German-language comedy 'Kokowaah 2' helps local films take a third of Germany's box office revenues in the first quarter of 2013.
COLOGNE, Germany – If German cinema was a basketball team, actor/director Til Schweiger would be its LeBron James.
Schweiger's latest romantic comedy, Kokowaah 2, which, like most of his German projects he co-wrote, co-directed, produced and stared in, was another box office slam dunk, grossing close to $25 million here with more than 2.5 million tickets sold. Together with Schlussmacher -- a rom-com from Matthias Schweighofer, another actor/director multi-hyphanate -- which grossed some $23 million -- Kokowaah 2 helped lift the German industry out of the late winter blues and give it reason to cheer.
COLOGNE, Germany – If German cinema was a basketball team, actor/director Til Schweiger would be its LeBron James.
Schweiger's latest romantic comedy, Kokowaah 2, which, like most of his German projects he co-wrote, co-directed, produced and stared in, was another box office slam dunk, grossing close to $25 million here with more than 2.5 million tickets sold. Together with Schlussmacher -- a rom-com from Matthias Schweighofer, another actor/director multi-hyphanate -- which grossed some $23 million -- Kokowaah 2 helped lift the German industry out of the late winter blues and give it reason to cheer.