Anonymous writes:
>        I knew that the audience response for The Wedding Banquet
>is fantastic but how difficult was it to get the tickets for the
>Saturday night showing you saw?  Was any show sold out?  According
>to the LA Times, The Wedding Banquet attracted about 3 times as
>people to the theater than The Fugitive on a per-screen basis, even
>though only 7 theaters the whole country are playing the film.

We got there 20 minutes before the 9:50 showing and tickets were nearly sold
out. We had to sit in the first 3 rows. The per screen average for the opening
weekend was about $20,000. A movie with the top total gross ticket sales for
an opening weekend typically averages about $5-7,000 per screen.

This movie should be seen by all. It probably would help to write to the
distributor and tell them you'd like to see it in Peoria. The Samuel Goldwyn
Co. is located here in LA:

The Samuel Goldwyn Co.
10203 Santa Monica Blvd.
LA, CA  90067
310-552-2255

I called the number for info on who to talk to on getting the movie out in the
Midwest. They said to call the MidWestern Sales Manager in their New York
offices at 212-315-3030.

This movie is worth the effort.

Rick Valdivia-UCLA.