Box office expectations are high for the new movie American Sniper, which opened last month in just a handful of theaters but drew large crowds.
McEwen, who lives in San Diego and is a 1979 graduate of Heppner High School, has gone on to become a successful author and trail attorney. He co-wrote American Sniper with Chris Kyle and Jim DeFelice. It’s based on the experiences of Kyle, who recorded the most sniper kills in U.S. military history.
The film was given a limited release over the Christmas holiday, appearing in only four theaters nationwide, but broke box office records for limited release films. The film reportedly brought in $850,000 from four theaters over a period of four days, an average of $212,000 per location for Warner Bros.
The movie will be released throughout the country on Jan. 16.
McEwen has written four other books – Sniper Elite in 2013, Target America and Eyes on Target in 2014, and The Sniper and the Wolf, due out in May.
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