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The film industry in Louisiana has grown dramatically in recent years [1] [2] largely due to the state's 2002 tax incentives aimed at attracting film and television companies. [2] The success of Louisiana 's film industry caused the state to be nicknamed " Hollywood South " or " Hollywood on the Bayou ".
The 1988 remake of the 1958 film The Blob was filmed in Abbeville. Part of Lucio Fulci's Door to Silence takes place in Abbeville. Robert J. Flaherty chose Abbeville in 1948 as his base of operations during the filming of Louisiana Story. He rented a house in the current downtown area for 15 months over 1946–47.
The film was released theatrically starting on June 30, 2010, [3] and is the first Twilight film to be released in IMAX. [4] It set a new record for biggest midnight opening in domestic (United States and Canada ) in box office history, grossing an estimated $30 million in over 4,000 theaters. [ 81 ]
According to Caballero Casting, which had been seeking extras, filming has been planned for locations throughout southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans, Belle Chasse, St. Bernard, Braithwaite ...
Quiet on the set! From "Dirty Dancing" to "Ghostbusters," we visit 10 locations where your most beloved '80s movies were filmed.
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The "manor" scenes were filmed at Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana. The major "city" scenes were in New Orleans, Louisiana. Even though the film depicts the two locations as not that far apart, in real life Vacherie and New Orleans are approximately 55 mi (89 km) apart. [2]
The film earned $8.9 million in its first two days from five markets. [100] [101] By the end of its first weekend, it earned $152.9 million at about 9,950 locations in 54 markets, which was a new film series high. Its biggest debut was in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Malta with £13,910,877 ($22.0 million), which was a new high for the series.