SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- This Halloween, Lionsgate
(NYSE: LGF) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of
the theatrical release of SAW, the film that kicked off the most
successful horror franchise in history, by bringing it back to
theaters nationwide for one week only. The film will open on
Friday, October 31st, with
select screenings beginning Thursday night, October 30th. The seven SAW
films grossed $874 million at the box
office worldwide and were hailed by the Guinness Book of World
Records as the "Most Successful Horror Franchise" of all time.
"The launch of SAW was a signature event in Lionsgate's history,
establishing our first franchise and paving the way for our growth
into a global studio," said Lionsgate President of Acquisitions
& Co-Productions Jason
Constantine. "We are excited for our fans to revisit the
twisted magic that first blew their minds on Halloween 2004."
"As part of SAW's 10th anniversary, we're thrilled to
give new fans and audiences the opportunity to experience this film
on the big screen for the very first time," added SAW's producers
Oren Koules and Mark Burg.
SAW was the first collaboration for co-creators James Wan, who directed the film, and
Leigh Whannell, who wrote the
screenplay. Together, they also created the successful INSIDIOUS
franchise, and Wan has gone on to direct such high-profile films as
THE CONJURING and the upcoming FAST & FURIOUS 7.
Directed by Wan from a script penned by Whannell, SAW is a
psychological thriller focusing on two men who wake up in a secure
lair of a serial killer, with a dead body lying between them. The
killer, nicknamed "Jigsaw," leaves them tape recorded messages with
details of how to make it out alive. The only way for one man to
make it out alive is to do the unthinkable. The two men desperately
try to find a way out, while also trying to figure out who's behind
their kidnapping. The film, which was released over Halloween weekend on October 29, 2004, was produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren
Koules, and Mark Burg.
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Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger
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first installment of the
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Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me
Explain, Warm Bodies, The Possession,
Sinister, Roadside Attractions' A Most Wanted
Man and Pantelion Films' Instructions Not
Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever
released in the U.S.
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box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate.
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SOURCE Lionsgate