Suppression: Theaters Drop ‘Gosnell’ Movie Despite It Being a Top-Grossing Film

When “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” was released last week, 668 theaters decided to hold screenings of the independent film. The movie quickly surpassed expectations by grossing $1.2 million on just 668 screenings of the film, Daily Wire reported. It even was put in the top 10 film list. Now, 188 theaters have dropped the film, 15 of which were top-performing multiplexes. . .

“I can tell you from my experience in 15 years of releasing movies independently, we’re in uncharted territories,” the film’s marketing director, John Sullivan, told Daily Wire. “It is an impacted fall, no doubt about it, but the fact that we’ve been dropped from theaters where the movie is the number 6 or number 9 movie is just something you don’t see. It’s hard not to believe it isn’t about the content of the movie.” . . .

“We have theaters that are dropping that are top theaters, that are performing very well. We’ve been the number 6 in a 15-plex and it gets dropped this week. We’ve been number 9 in a 30-plex and we’re getting dropped this week. There are about 15 theaters like that where typically you would not get dropped,” Sullivan said. “I do recognize it’s a crowded marketplace – ‘Halloween’ is going to be a huge opening but it’s very odd to me that you’re within the top 10 and you’re getting dropped out of a movie house.”

The 15 theaters that dropped the “Gosnell” movie are all high-performing theaters and major theater chains.

“Gosnell” producer Phelim McAleer took to Facebook to explain some of the issues surrounding the movie, including theater personnel lying to customers about the film being available. (Read more from “Suppression: Theaters Drop ‘Gosnell’ Movie Despite It Being a Top-Grossing Film” HERE)

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