June 17, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Propelled by positive word-of-mouth from movie-goers, the family-appeal film War Eagle, Arkansas, generated encouraging box office results in limited engagement screenings throughout the state of Arkansas this past weekend, reported distributor Empire Film Group, Inc. (OTC: EFGU) (http://www.empirefilmgroup.com).

The film will be held-over for another weekend in six of the seven launch locations including three theaters in the greater Little Rock area and three theaters in N.W. Arkansas. Additionally, Empire will be scheduling openings for a second-wave of release markets, including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta and Nashville.

War Eagle, Arkansas is a critically praised family feature that has earned more than twenty film festival awards. The movie stars newcomer Dan McCabe, Luke Grimes (from ABC’s Brothers and Sisters), Academy Award Nominee Mare Winningham (Swing Vote) and Emmy winners Brian Dennehy (Righteous Kill), Mary Kay Place (HBO’s Big Love), and James McDaniel (N.Y.P.D. Blue).

Empire Film Group, Inc. is one of only 12 full-service film studios and distributors in the U.S. marketplace, controlling its own theatrical, video and television distribution activities in-house, and maintaining independent status.

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