THE Amy Winehouse movie “Amy” is set to become the third-highest grossing documentary of all time in Britain, and the highest-grossing British documentary of all time at the local box office, apart from concert films.

    Asif Kapadia’s film is at US$4.89 million, and is positioned to overtake the director’s 2010 film “Senna,” which grossed US$4.9 million, in the next day. “Amy,” which is distributed in Britain by Altitude Film Distribution, has been in theaters for five weeks.

    Once “Amy” has passed “Senna” it will have second-placed film “March of the Penguins” (US$5.12 million) firmly in its sights. Michael Moore’s 2004 film “Fahrenheit 9/11” is the highest-grossing non-concert documentary at the U.K. box office, having grossed US$10.1 million.

    “Amy” was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

    (SD-Agencies)