Yari Film Group Releasing, which jumped into the distribution waters in 2006 with “The Illusionist” grossing nearly $40 million, was unable to duplicate that feat with the full slate of releases it issued in 2007. It has seen some coin from its Christmas-themed release “The Perfect Holiday,” starring Morris Chestnut as a mall Santa, which has gifted the company with $5.5 million to date. But the Rod Lurie-directed drama “Resurrecting the Champ” and the Jamie Kennedy comedy “Kickin’ It Old Skool” returned just $3.2 million and $4.5 million, respectively. As a producer, Bob Yari had better luck with “The Hoax,” Lasse Halstrom’s portrait of trickster Clifford Irving as portrayed by Richard Gere, which grossed $7.2 million as a Miramax release.
| Yari Film Group 2007 boxoffice | Release date | Boxoffice |
| Gray Matters | 2/23 | 0.06 |
| First Snow | 3/23 | 0.2 |
| Kickin’ It Old Skool | 4/27 | 4.5 |
| Even Money | 5/18 | 0.06 |
| Resurrecting the Champ | 8/24 | 3.2 |
| The Good Night | 10/5 | 0.02 |
| The Final Season | 10/12 | 1.2 |
| The Perfect Holiday | 12/12 | 5.5 |
| The Illusionist | 8/18/06 | 0.05 |
| 2007 total: $14.7 mil | ||
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