The Weinstein Company opened St. Vincent on a traditional platform and it appears to have reaped rewards from that old-school approach with a solid debut in a very crowded box office weekend for limited releases.
The film by Theodore Melfi grossed over $121K in four New York and L.A. theaters this weekend after opening the Hamptons International Film Festival Thursday. For the weekend, the Bill Murray comedy averaged more than $30K and boasts the weekend’s highest per-theater average. The film led a huge pack of new openers that included festival heavy-hitters such as Sundance winners Whiplash and documentary The Overnighters as well as the faith-centered Meet The Mormons and Christian Mingle The Movie.
TWC said that St. Vincent had a 67% jump from Friday to Saturday. TWC picked up the film in the script stage for a reported $13 million. Heading into the weekend, the company said it was capitalizing...
The film by Theodore Melfi grossed over $121K in four New York and L.A. theaters this weekend after opening the Hamptons International Film Festival Thursday. For the weekend, the Bill Murray comedy averaged more than $30K and boasts the weekend’s highest per-theater average. The film led a huge pack of new openers that included festival heavy-hitters such as Sundance winners Whiplash and documentary The Overnighters as well as the faith-centered Meet The Mormons and Christian Mingle The Movie.
TWC said that St. Vincent had a 67% jump from Friday to Saturday. TWC picked up the film in the script stage for a reported $13 million. Heading into the weekend, the company said it was capitalizing...
- 10/12/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
Intense music drama Whiplash, already a big winner at Sundance and the Deauville American Film Festival earlier this year, should drum up plenty of audience interest in its debut this weekend, even though it faces a crowded specialty market that also features several other notable newcomers, including the Bill Murray comedy St. Vincent, Hilary Swank‘s You’re Not You and Jeremy Renner‘s Kill the Messenger. All are what I’d call “big” specialty releases, with big names attached that should attract big attention.
The weekend also includes what I’d call some “small” releases, including documentaries The Overnighters (another Sundance winner) and I Am Ali, about the former heavyweight boxing champion, alongside the Mormon Church-backed Meet the Mormons. All will be clawing for attention in a market that’s seen more than 30 films debut in the past three weeks.
That said, Whiplash should be a real career turner...
The weekend also includes what I’d call some “small” releases, including documentaries The Overnighters (another Sundance winner) and I Am Ali, about the former heavyweight boxing champion, alongside the Mormon Church-backed Meet the Mormons. All will be clawing for attention in a market that’s seen more than 30 films debut in the past three weeks.
That said, Whiplash should be a real career turner...
- 10/10/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
The Saratov Approach is a dramatic thriller about a 1998 kidnapping of two Mormon missionaries in Russia. It entered a limited release on October 9, 2013, in Utah and The Standard-Examiner called it “one of the best in the Mormon film genre”. Yes, it’s a Latter Day Saints themed thriller, but this new trailer has me very curious. The movie documents the 1998 kidnapping of Andrew Lee Propst and Travis Robert Tuttle, two missionaries who were held for ransom from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Saratov Approach is set to be released on January 10th. Watch the trailer below.
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- 1/2/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Hits can be found in the most unexpected places, and if you haven't heard of "The Saratov Approach," you likely will soon. Yes, it's a Latter Day Saints-themed thriller, but you likely wouldn't guess that from this exclusive new trailer. Based on a true story, the film from writer/director Garrett Batty tells the tale of Travis Tuttle and Andrew Propst (Corbin Allred and Maclain Nelson), missionaries who were kidnapped on March 18, 1998, during an assignment in Saratov, Russia. And it's just the first in a chain of events that will change the lives of everyone involved. And currently, the film is a hit in Utah, where on just 33 theaters it crossed $1 million in about four weeks after opening this past fall. And that has prompted a national expansion that will kick off soon. You can start looking for "The Saratov Approach" at a theater near you starting on January 10th...
- 1/2/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Saratov Films, Three Coin Productions and Purdie Distribution announced on December 10 they will expand the limited run of the thriller.
The Saratov Approach opened on October 9 through Purdie Distribution and has grossed more than $1.4m after four weeks on an average of 33 screens.
It is currently playing across Utah and Idaho and will receive a nationwide platform release commencing on January 10 2014
Garrett Batty wrote and directed and also produced alongside Jake Van Wagoner.
Corbin Allred, Maclain Nelson, Nikita Bogolyubov and Alex Veadov star in the story of missionaries in Russia whose abduction sets in motion a chain of events nobody could have expected.
The Saratov Approach opened on October 9 through Purdie Distribution and has grossed more than $1.4m after four weeks on an average of 33 screens.
It is currently playing across Utah and Idaho and will receive a nationwide platform release commencing on January 10 2014
Garrett Batty wrote and directed and also produced alongside Jake Van Wagoner.
Corbin Allred, Maclain Nelson, Nikita Bogolyubov and Alex Veadov star in the story of missionaries in Russia whose abduction sets in motion a chain of events nobody could have expected.
- 12/9/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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