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| Black Swan Movie Poster |
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller-horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan, for which the committed dancer Nina (Portman) is a perfect fit, as well as the dark and sensual Black Swan, which are qualities better embodied by the new arrival Lily (Mila Kunis). Nina is overwhelmed by a feeling of immense pressure when she finds herself competing for the part, causing her to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare. Black Swan had its world premiere as the opening film at the 67th Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2010. It received a standing ovation whose length Variety said made it "one of the strongest Venice openers in recent memory". Black Swan had a limited release in select cities in North America on December 3, 2010, in 18 theatres and was a surprise box office success.The film took in a total of $415,822 on its opening day, averaging $23,101 per theatre. By the end of its opening weekend it grossed $1,443,809—$80,212 per theatre. The per location average was the second highest for the opening weekend of 2010 behind The King's Speech.The film is Fox Searchlight Pictures' highest per-theatre average gross ever, and it ranks 21st on the all-time list.On its second weekend the film expanded to 90 theatres, and grossed $3.3 million, ranking it as the sixth film at the box-office. In its third weekend, it expanded again to 959 theatres and grossed $8,383,479. The film went on to gross over $106 million in the United States and over $329 million worldwide.
The release of Black Swan in the United Kingdom was brought forward from February 11 to January 21, 2011. According to The Independent, the film was considered one of "the most highly anticipated" films of late 2010. The newspaper then compared it to the 1948 ballet film The Red Shoes in having "a nightmarish quality ... of a dancer consumed by her desire to dance".This is my analysis of the Black Swan Teaser Trailer.
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