Cinema audiences are still here as Light House records busiest day ever.
Irish audiences proved they still love cinema this Valentine’s weekend. Light House recorded the busiest day ever last Saturday (15th February) welcoming 2324 film fans over the threshold. This compares to previous records of 2310 for National Cinema Day in 2023 and 2236 for Barbenheimer’s opening day in 2023.
The line up of films over the weekend included sold out screenings of Adam Elliot’s stop motion animation Memoir Of A Snail, Blue Velvet & Eraserhead as part of a David Lynch Retrospective, We Are Fugazi From Washington D.C with Doc ‘N’ Roll, Blue Road, Brief Encounter and The People’s Joker but the title that held the spotlight was Walter Salles’ triple Oscar nominated I’m Still Here – fifteen of the eighteen slots were sold out – many weeks in advance.
I’m Still Here was previewing in limited sites, hitting screen averages in ROI of €13,491. Light House secured the #1 spot for the top performing site in UK & Ireland ahead of the film’s wider release this Friday.
Brazilian audiences ensured Light House was the home of I’m Still Here in Ireland, as they flocked in their masses to the cinema to finally catch a glimpse of Fernanda Torres’ award winning performance. Highlights from the weekend included Brazilian themed food and music across the venue, photo ops and a Q&A with Researcher and Academic, Marina Frid, discussing the dictatorship period in Brazil (1964-1985).
Alice Black Head of Programming for Light House Group notes “Barbenheimer was a global moment where many audiences fell back in love with cinema. We are lucky enough to witness that still happening at Light House. We love all our films equally but to achieve the highest admits ever with films that we’ve nurtured from the ground up, is a real joy. Long live world cinema!”
Light House want to thank their entire team as well as new and loyal audiences for coming out in force to celebrate the remarkable journey that I’m Still Here has been on so far and only beginning in Ireland, presales for additional screenings indicate a successful run ahead for the film which is being released in Ireland and the UK by Altitude. Notably the overall weekend almost matched the admissions for Barbenheimer weekend in July 2023, which was the busiest weekend on record for Light House.
Additional events coming up in Light House include more sold-out screenings of I’m Still Here, Dublin International Film Festival, Oscar catch up screenings, a Bong Joon-Ho retrospective ahead of the eagerly anticipated Mickey 17 and a screening of Labyrinth as part of the Dublin Bowie Festival.
Tickets are on sale from https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/