The cult classic, “Porky’s,” is no longer Canada’s top grossing movie.

Instead, the honours now belong to “Bon Cop Bad Cop,” which took over the number one spot after making $11.36 million in theatres, the National Post reports.

However, it should be noted that most of that was in Quebec, with English Canada bringing in less than $1.4 million in revenue to the film.

“It’s the most successful film in Canadian history that hasn’t been seen by anyone in Canada outside of Quebec,” quipped Brad Pelman, co-president of Toronto film distributor Maple Pictures.

“Bon Cop Bad Cop” was a very Canadian film, especially since it was bilingual – half the movie was in French, and half was in English. Filmmakers hoped this would give it a wide appeal to audiences across the country.

“Clearly we didn’t get our message out,” said Kevin Tierney, producer of the film.






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