“Laughing In The Dark” opened Octoto 858 screens and sold more than 100,000 tickets. Pierce made the film in hopes it would serve as a vehicle to inspire others who may be hitting points of darkness and depression in their own lives. laugh-out-loud & sing-out-loud comedy starring Chonda Pierce Facing the unexpected foreclosure on her home, Bonnie a small-town Biscuit Barrel waitress takes on her biggest fearsand the toughest singing competitors aroundin hopes of winning the big cash prize in the karaoke contest at the County Fair. Yet she remarkably makes her way through the adversity, heart-wrenching loss and her own depression with the gift of humor. The film is a behind-the-scenes journal chronicling Pierce’s downward spiral dealing with the devastating loss of her mother, an estranged daughter and the tragedy of her husband’s battle with alcoholism and subsequent death, all during a span of three years. Fans of Chonda Pierce will get a chance to see the Christian comedian back on the big screen next month in the new film Roll With It, and she shared with. In October 2015, Pierce took her humor to the big screen with her first film “Chonda Pierce: Laughing in the Dark,” based on her personal struggle to overcome depression. As the RIAA’s number one selling female comedian of all time, her hilarious take on life is easily relatable as she publicly opens up to her listeners about times of darkness and depression in her own life, drawing humor and good from every situation. A stand-up comedian, television hostess, author and actress, Pierce has channeled her life experiences into positivity, bringing laughter to audiences around the country. Pierce, who performs more than 80 comedy shows annually and has sold more than 3.5 million concert tickets throughout her career, will be touring America on both sides of the film’s theatrical release.Emmy-nominated and best-selling comedian Chonda Pierce, or “the country comic” as Billboard Magazine dubbed her, has been making audiences laugh for more than three decades with her winning combination of fierce wit and southern charm. I want them all to watch this and feel seen and heard, and to know it’s all going to be okay. I wanted the story to be relatable because I feel like my audiences - thousands of women I’ve performed for over the last 25+ years - all struggle with the same things. “When David, my late husband, and I thought through this script and its themes,” Pierce says, “I wanted to share the challenges I’ve had as a woman, a single mom, a woman ‘of a certain age’ in the workforce competing with a new generation of job market competition, changing technology, and… the dreaded dating pool. Smith, country hitmaker Jake Owen, Shari Rigby and others make cameo appearances, but the real star of Roll With It is Chonda Pierce, who empowers her viewers to share the same roll-with-it resilience as her character, Bonnie Taylor. She’s one of its main creators, too, writing the original script with her late husband and serving as executive producer with her longtime manager, Andrew Tenenbaum.
It’ll be in select theaters May 9, 11, and 13th.įor Pierce, Roll With It is the latest project in a career whose highlights include platinum-certified comedy albums, regular performances at the Grand Ole Opry, and five Daytime Emmy nominations. It seems certain that a more robust marketing spend and a longer, more traditional release. Overall, the movie played in theaters for three days - on a Tuesday, a Thursday, and the aforementioned Saturday - and generated total box office revenue of 757,000.
The Queen of Clean Comedy and the Recording Industry Association of America’s most decorated female comic, Chonda Pierce talks to us about her new movie ‘ Roll With It.’ The feature-length comedy weaves an inspiring (and hilarious) story of strength, survival, family values, and faith. Chonda Pierce appears in a scene from 'Roll with It.' Image: Third Coast Content.
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