New Cities Announced for 'Paranormal Activity'

According to the new weekend actuals, Paranormal Activity made quite a bit of noise for a movie in 12 theaters. It took in just under $80,000, according to Paramount, which was good enough for the sixth-best per-screen average all weekend. Not bad. The studio said recently it was "bombarded" with nearly a quarter-million requests on the film's official site to open in more theaters. That's easy to track since Paramount put a giant "Demand It" button on the site, and it means that the extremely low budget horror movie will open in more cities this weekend, and midnight shows on Friday might be available for those, as well. I loved Paranormal Activity; it's one of the most singularly effective movies all year, and within that genre, it really shows you how much time and effort is wasted on gore-fests that simply don't engage the audience on any level. We need more of this kind of thing. Here's the rundown of the cities where you can catch the film beginning this Friday: Los Angeles - Arclight
New York - AMC Empire
Chicago - AMC River East
Dallas - AMC Northpark
Denver - Regal Continental
Detroit - AMC Forum
Las Vegas - Rave Town Square
Philadelphia - National Amuse Bridge
Phoenix - Harkins Tempe Marketplace
Atlanta - Atlantic Station
Houston - AMC Studio
Miami - AMC Aventura
Minneapolis - Regal Rosedale
Sacramento - Cinemark Complex 14
San Antonio - AMC Huebner Oaks
San Diego - AMC Mission Valley
San Francisco - AMC Metreon
San Jose - AMC Mercado
Tampa - AMC Veterans
Washington DC/Baltimore - AMC Georgetown And if you live in one of the following hamlets, you can check Paranormal Activity out now: Austin
Baton Rouge
Orlando
State College
Ann Arbor
Boulder
Madison
Tucson
Santa Cruz
Durham
Colombus
Seattle
Lincoln Supposing you don't live in or near one of those cities, demand that Paramount puts the movie in your hometown by visiting the film's website.

Comments

[SEAN]

Aw damnit, well i dont live near these cities really, I mean Santa Cruz would take about an 1.5 hrs, but thats too far and time is limited...

Crap, I have demanded it in the San Francisco Metro area...

Guess I still have to wait it out...

[mdamien13]

Way to go Arizona - two cities w/ it starting on Friday! Can't wait to check it out.

[Get The Big Picture]

Actually, Sean, as soon I posted this story, Paramount sent me a correction...

[SEAN]

AWWWW SF METREON !!!!

YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the correction COLIN!!!

NOW I F-ING CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS!

[MRPigg]

Looks like by the time this gets to the Horror/SciFi festival here in Phoenix it will be old news.
Oh well, it was a good get at the time.

[nichole]

this totally needs to be in the charlottesville area in viriginia. i mean its in norfolk but thats like 3 hrs away from me no fun!!!