''Eve's Bayou'' Sets Opening Record for Trimark Pictures; Critical Acclaim Drives Theatrical Opening.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1997--Trimark Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:TMRK) Tuesday announced that its theatrical feature film ``Eve's Bayou'' had achieved the highest-grossing opening weekend in the company's history, with a reported $3.3 million generated in the domestic box office in only 659 theaters, which averaged almost $5,000 per screen. ``Eve's Bayou,'' starring Samuel L. Jackson “Samuel Jackson” redirects here. For the senator from Indiana, see Samuel D. Jackson. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor. , Lynn Whitfield, Debbie Morgan and Jurnee Smollett, has achieved widespread critical acclaim since its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Two thumbs up by the film reviewers Siskel and Ebert have supported strong reviews including those in The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Trimark Holdings is a broad-based entertainment company that acquires, produces and distributes motion pictures domestically and internationally under the Trimark Pictures banner; licenses to the broadcast industry under the Trimark Television moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. ; and distributes to the domestic home-video market under the Trimark Home Video label. CONTACT: Trimark Holdings Inc., Santa Monica Douglas L. Lowell, 310/314-2000 |
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