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'Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis'Although this year's box office has dropped slightly in The country, falling .8% to $658.5 million through March. 16, indie B.O. share of the market elevated from 25% to 29% versus. 2010.That growth was mainly brought by mass audience distribs Aurum, DeAPlaneta and TriPictures, that have seen some success shrugging off U.S. studio domination."Spain's independents have embarked into bigger-budget buys," states Yolanda del Val, purchases mind at DeAPlaneta, which distributed "The King's Speech," the film that tops current 2011 indie charts with $13 million.Total box office is brought by Warner-distributed blockbuster "Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis." The 4th a part of Spaniard Santiago Segura's cop saga nabbed $27.8 million, along with a spectacular 4.2% share of the market. "Torrente 4" bested worldwide franchises for example "Pirates from the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" ($25.9 million), "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" ($22.7 million) and "Rise from the Planet from the Apes" ($20.a million).But this season, Hollywood's domination continues to be partly eroded by arthouse/crossover distributor Alta Films.Benefiting from its stable relationship rich in-profile auteurs dealing with The spanish language companies, Alta obtained standout performances with Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris" ($11.4 million) and Spaniard Iciar Bollain's "The Rain" ($4.8 million).Abnormally fine September-October weather dinged up full-year B.O. anticipation. "I am upbeat about November to December try not to believe that we'll achieve 2010 figures," states Pau Brunet with BoxOffice.Hit recently by deficiencies in TV sales and illegal Internet movie downloads, local marketers will find some reason to smile because of burgeoning online services, including Netflix, that is because of bow in The country early the coming year.InchVOD continues to be an nascent market but marketers happen to be seeing that you have a future," states Juan Carlos Tous, Boss of Filmin, Spain's primary online portal for indie movies.VOD returns to have an indie film are growing monthly only represent around 10% of home theatre revenues, Tous adds."VOD revenues continue to be minor," states Jose Escola chairman of Barcelona-based distrib Emon.However, new VOD offers for example Wuaki.tv and Canal Plus Yomvi have clinched handles local marketers while Netflix has apparently approached almost all of them."The The spanish language market must adapt distribution home windows and prices. This is where Netflix is going to be a big help,Inch Tous states.Quantity of screens: 2,863Number of three dimensional screens: 690Top indie distribs and B.O. through March. 16: Aurum ($38.9 million) DeAPlaneta ($23.8 million) TriPictures ($23.a million)Top exhibition chains for indie films: Cines Renoir, Golem Cines, Yelmo CinesTypical minimum guarantee compensated: 4% of film budgetTop 5 indie films: "The King's Speech" ($13 million) "Night time in Paris" ($11.4 million) "Insidious" ($7.8 million) "Unlimited" ($5.six million)"Saw three dimensional" ($4.9 million)Approaching indie pick-ups: "Starbuck" (Vertigo Films) "The Inbetweeners" (Aurum Producciones) "Skylab" (Alta Films) "Monsieur Lazhar" (A Contracorriente Films) "Taken" (Golem Distribucion) Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com