‘City Of Lies’ Debut Brings Life To Specialty Box Office As Theaters Open; ‘The Courier’ Premieres Strong

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It’s no secret that the Brad Furman-directed City of Lies has had a rocky journey to the big screen. It’s played an exhausting game of musical chairs with distributors and a lawsuit involving the film’s location manager and the film’s star Johnny Depp.

Through all, it still managed to make a theatrical debut as theaters begin to open the doors after a year of navigating the pandemic.Based on the book, LAbyrinth, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Randall Sullivan and adapted by Christian Contreras, Saban Films released City of Lies on 501 screens across the country and the dramatic crime thriller revolving around the real-life death of hip hop icon Notorious B.I.G.