Christian Film ``Left Behind'' Pulls Off Minor Box Office Miracle.Entertainment Editors NIAGARA FALLS Niagara Falls, waterfall, United States and Canada Niagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y. , Canada--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2001 Results from opening weekend on the highly publicized film "Left Behind" proved to be a "minor miracle," ranking as the No. 1 independent release for the weekend, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AC Nielson's EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. . Opening on a mere 874 screens, "Left Behind" earned a healthy box office of $2.2 million. Overall, "Left Behind" ranked 17th out of 42 films playing this past weekend, beating out Paramount's "The Gift" and Miramax's "Malena." For an independent film with a first-of-its-kind marketing strategy, releasing on video prior to theatrical, these rankings are unprecedented. The film was actually often "left behind" by theater chains. With a solid box office, up 42% over the same week last year, other top-grossing, held-over releases, such as "What Women Want" and "Snatch," left limited screen availability. As a result, "Left Behind" opened mostly in smaller theaters with sell-outs and no room to expand. Starring Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Clarence Gilyard, Chelsea Noble, Gordon Currie and Janaya Stephens, "Left Behind" is an apocalyptic thriller based the first book of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-selling fiction series. Launched on video Oct. 31, "Left Behind" catapulted to No. 1 overall as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, beating out heavyweights "Toy Story 2" and "The Green Mile." Sales tipped more than 2.5 million units at a suggested retail price of $29.95 and continue to rise. In January, it was awarded "Best Selling Title of the Year from an Independent Studio" and "Sell-through Title of the Year by an Independent Studio" at the VSDA VSDA Video Software Dealers Association Home Entertainment Awards in Las Vegas. "Left Behind" was produced by Niagara Falls-based Cloud Ten Pictures in association with Kentucky-based Namesake Entertainment. For press kits or interviews, contact Melisa Richter or Jessica Parker at 905/684-5561; via cell at 416/737-0960 and 905/988-2512; e-mail melisar@cloudtenpictures.com and jessicap@cloudtenpictures.com. For more information, visit the film's Web sites www.leftbehind-themovie.com, www.leftbehindfilmproject.com and www.cloudtenpictures.com. To download high-resolution photos from the movie using a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , type in the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : ftp://graphics:g4cube@cloudtenpictures-ftp.com; UserID: graphics; Password: g4cube. |
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