What happened to the film “Weight of Water”?
It bombed. After its premier in Toronto two years ago, the Kathryn Bigelow film didnt resonate with audiences and went back into the can, which often happens with films. Some never reappear. Some go directly to video. This one was distributed in Europe and finally resurfaced for a half-hearted showing by Lions Gate Films on 27 screens last November. The critics hammered at it again. The $16 million production netted $45,888 at its reopening according to Internet Movie Database. So far, according to film web site, it has yet to gross a quarter of a million domestically. Right now you can rent it on VHS in Greece or buy a DVD on eBay shipped from China, but you cant see it anywhere else. How did you see it? It played for two days at the Portsmouth Music Hall last week. Kathryn Bigelow and author Anita Shreve would have been proud. The 850-seat theater was filled to the rafters both days at $8 per ticket. It was, according to the Music Hall, the most profitbale film every shown there. The
