"THE SKINNY" SCORES BIG OPENING WEEKEND; 3rd HIGHEST PER SCREEN AVERAGE AT THE BOX OFFICE

"THE SKINNY" SCORES BIG OPENING WEEKEND; 3rd HIGHEST PER SCREEN AVERAGE AT THE BOX OFFICE




(April 9 – New York, NY) Chalk up another indie box office hit for filmmaker/singer-songwriter Patrik-Ian Polk with his new film THE SKINNY. The tale... of a group of four young, black, gay men (Magnus, Sebastian, Kyle, Joey) and their lesbian best friend (Langston) who meet up in New York City one year after their graduation from Brown University, began its tour around the country on April 6th with exclusive one-week engagements in Washington D. C. and Atlanta, GA.



Without the benefit of major promotions and marketing, the film connected with audiences, collecting a total of $21,157 at its two Landmark Theatre bookings. The movie brought in $12,507 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in Washington DC and $8,650 at the chain’s Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta, for a per screen average of $10,579- the 3rd highest per screen average at the box office this weekend, besting "Titanic" which had a per screen average of $6,000.



THE SKINNY, which Polk is distributing via his own TSBB Releasing imprint, will continue its run in Atlanta (Midtown Art Cinema 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA 30308) through Thursday, April 12th, and in Washington D. C. (E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW, Washington DC 20004) where it’s being held over for a 2nd week, through April 19th. Next up for THE SKINNY is a screening at the Crossroads Film Festival on April 13th in Jackson, MS. The film continues its limited run of one-week engagements on April 20th at Landmark’s Dallas theatre, The Magnolia, and April 27th in San Francisco (Embarcadero Center Cinema), Oakland (Piedmont Theatre) and Chicago (Century Centre Cinema). The movie opens May 4th in Boston, Detroit & Philadelphia, and May 11th in Los Angeles and New York City.



THE SKINNY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK will be released digitally on April 17th. THE SKINNY will have its television premiere on MTV’s Logo Network this July. For more information, see http://www.skinnythemovie.com/ .



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