Late Night with the Devil' has broken a box office record in its opening weekend, reports 'Screen Rant'. Directed by Australian duo Cameron and Colin Cairnes, this horror film has recorded the best opening weekend that the distributor IFC Films has ever had. Earlier, 'Watcher' was IFC's top opening film at $827k, followed by 'Skinamarink' with $819k and 'Blackberry' at $801k. 'Late Night with the Devil' has IFC's widest opening since 'The D Train' (1,009).
'Late Night with the Devil' unfolds almost in real-time on the set of a 1977 late-night talk show broadcast that goes horribly wrong and transforms from amusing to sinister. Starring David Dastmalchian ('The Suicide Squad', 'Oppenheimer') as talk show host Jack Delroy the film unleashes evil into the nation’s living rooms.
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Talking to 'Deadline', Scott Shooman, Head of AMC Film Group said, «We knew from the first material we introduced into the market that we had something really special and people were kind of gravitating to the concept of the film early on.»
'Late Night with the Devil' premiered at SXSW and has since been screened at Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Sydney Film Festival, BIFAN in Korea, Sitges, London Film Festival, and Toronto After Dark. Cameron and Colin won the Best Screenplay Award at Sitges.
'Late Night with the Devil' received a Certified Fresh 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes, it held a
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