Bill Murray comedy “St. Vincent” proves a box office successOctober 23, 2014 - 12:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Bill Murray-Melissa McCarthy comedy “St. Vincent” will be in more than 2,000 theaters as of Friday, Oct 24 the Weinstein Company's distribution chief Erik Lomis told TheWrap. It's been in limited release for the past two weekends, initially in four locations and then 68 in its second, so this weekend's rollout is an unusually aggressive expansion. “It's been playing really strongly, particularly in the suburbs, so we decided to go for it,” Lomis said. “There's not a lot like it out there in the marketplace, and the demand (from theater owners) was there.” Strong feedback from audiences also added to TWC's confidence in the Chernin Entertainment comedy. “Our exit polls are through the roof,” Lomis said, “so we figured, why hold back?” “St. Vincent” averaged $27,400 in its four-theater opening, and a very solid $9,788 in 68 theaters last weekend. “This movie is too good not to work,” Lomis said. “People love Bill and Mellisa, it's a quality film that plays to all four quadrants and I believe we'll be able to play and play.” “St. Vincent” features Murray as a grumpy war veteran enlisted by a single mother (McCarthy) to watch over her 12-year-old son. Naomi Watts, Chris O'Dowd and Scott Adsit. It's written and directed by Theodore Melfi. Universal's horror movie “Ouija” also opens wide this week, along with the R-rated Keanu Reeves thriller “John Wick.” They'll be in roughly 2,700 and 2,450 theaters, respectively. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |