Paramount's 'Like Crazy' opens strong

'Like Crazy' carried out well round the four screens so it bowed. It was not an outrageous-good debut perf for Paramount's "Constantly,Inch but Stateside auds made an appearance to like the Sundance hit adequate.Even though the pic makes a so-so $123,140 through November. 2, a effective weekend per-screen average of $30,785 from four locations leaves Componen reason that you should the romantic drama, which it's distribbing through niche label Componen Vantage, will leg within the approaching days.Componen prexy of domestic marketing and distribution Megan Colligan states the studio spent very carefully on marketing in the beginning, but plans to find the pace since the film develops. Within the second outing, "ConstantlyInch increases to 16 screens within the nations's top areas five of those in La where, within the Arclight and Landmark, the film ranked No. 1.Colligan adds the pic, which nabbed this years Sundance Grand Jury prize and greatest actress honors for Felicity Manley, has carried out strongly with twentysomethings, along with an older arthouse crowd. This broad (for just about any niche pic, that's) playability means the film should do OK in areas outdoors of NY and L.A.The pic, from co-author/director Drake Doremus (2010's "Douchebag"), notifies the story from the romance between two college students, a u . s . states, carried out by Anton Yelchin, and Manley, a Brit. Pic's somewhat auto-biographical story, follows both figures simply because they make an effort to overcome the lower sides from the extended-distance relationship.Componen acquired the film for just about any reported $4 million along with film lender Indian Paintbrush, getting a P&Dedication of under $ten million. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com