Local filmmaker Lynn Shelton’s Humpday beat a gargantuan at the box office this weekend thanks in large part to Capitol Hill moviegoers. The indie flim laid low Bruno in the pre-destined blockbuster’s debut weekend. Kind of.
Bruno weighed in with more than $30 million in weekend box office receipts.Humpday made $30,000 — but it played on only two screens: The Angelika Film Center in NYC and right here on Capitol Hill at the Harvard Exit. Bruno played on more than 3,000. There’s a little grassroots marketing campaing for the accomplishment winding its way around Twitter this afternoon.
You can add a bit more to that per screen average — Humpday plays at the Harvard Exit three more times today. And it’s for a good cause. A good showing this weekend will help propel the flick into a wide national release: “The more butts I can get into seats this opening weekend the more the likelihood that this film will open in some multiplex in Podunk, U.S.A.”
EW (Entertainment Weekly) gave the movie a good review in this week’s issue (July 17th) reprinted online.
In Fri. SGN, great review by Scott Rice, front page Sect. 2 – sgn.org – Scott is a real film buff and very good writer.
(I know Scott)
The Wall Street Journal, of all papers, also reviewed Humpday this week and gave it a decent review.
If only that SGN site were easier to use! Maybe they should check out http://instinews.com :)
It’s a funny movie and it’s a smart movie.