Irish film ‘The Guard’ has knocked ‘Bridesmaids’ off the top spot on the Irish Box office following a successful opening weekend. John Michael McDonagh’s debut feature flick had a weekend gross of over half a million Euro and also picked up Best Irish Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Producer Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures commented on the film’s box-office success saying “We are thrilled that Irish people have flocked to see the Guard in such strong numbers. The international success of the Guard has been exciting but success at home is still the most gratifying. The film clearly has caught a zeitgeist and provides audiences with a welcome distraction and relief thanks to the genius of John Michael McDonagh and the brilliance of Brendan Gleeson”
The comedy-thriller stars Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle as two unlikely cop partners; Gleeson, an eccentric small town Sergaent and Don Cheadle, an FBI agent sent over from the US to take on an international drug-smuggling gang who are operating off the West Coast of Ireland.
'The Guard' was released in Ireland by Element Pictures Distribution on Friday July 8th and will be released in the US on July 29th and the UK on August 19th. It is being shown at 71 cinemas in the North and the Republic.
For a full list of Irish cinemas showing ‘The Guard’ log on to the film's websitewww.theguard.ie.
