Torrente Presidente Shatters Records with 2.4 Million Euro Opening Day in Spain

"Torrente Presidente," the sixth installment of Santiago Segura's long-running Spanish comedy saga, earned 2.4 million euros in revenue and drew 300,000 spectators on its opening day of March 13, 2026, according to multiple Spanish media outlets. The result marks the best opening for a Spanish film in 15 years, a claim made by Segura himself and confirmed across reporting by El Mundo, LaSexta, and La Vanguardia. Segura, who wrote, directed, and stars in the film, released it on March 13 — the same calendar date on which the original "Torrente" film premiered in 1998. The production maintained strict secrecy around its plot and celebrity cameos until the day of the premiere.

The figures place "Torrente Presidente" well ahead of any other Spanish domestic release in a decade and a half. No confirmed information is available from the source articles on which specific Spanish film previously held the 15-year opening-day record. The secrecy surrounding the film's cast of cameos and narrative generated sustained media attention in the weeks leading up to release, according to La Razón. Segura celebrated the commercial result publicly, framing it as a validation of the franchise's enduring appeal with Spanish audiences.

The original "Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley" was written, directed, and starred in by Santiago Segura and produced by Lolafilms. It won two Goya Awards and became the highest-grossing Spanish film in the history of domestic cinema at the time, a record later surpassed by its own sequel, "Torrente 2," according to the Wikipedia entry on the franchise. Segura is also known to Spanish audiences for his separate comedy franchise "Padre no hay más que uno." The Torrente character has been a fixture of Spanish popular cinema since the late 1990s, with each installment generating significant box office attention.

Not all reactions to the film were celebratory. Film critic Alberto Rey offered a more subdued assessment after attending a screening, describing a personal emotional response to the film. „Me ha dado un poco de pena” (It made me feel a little sorry) — Alberto Rey via La Razón Rey's remark stood in contrast to the commercial enthusiasm surrounding the release, and La Razón published his comments on March 14, 2026, the day after the premiere. The divergence between critical ambivalence and audience turnout reflects a pattern familiar to the Torrente franchise, which has consistently drawn large crowds while occupying a contested place in Spanish film culture. No additional critical consensus or audience survey data was available in the source articles at the time of reporting.