PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, brief language, some sexual content and teen partying. January 17th, 2012 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment ![]() See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. ![]() "When I get up in the mornings, the first thing I do is thank God that I'm still here.All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)Īll Time International Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) ![]() "Just realizing that you've got your life back when you thought it was gone, you're just so thankful," she said. She's also found a deeper appreciation for her life and the people who surround her. Thibodeau, the delivery driver who rescued her, and his wife. The woman and her husband have also forged a close friendship with J.P. She admitted that until Cormier's trial was over, he was put behind bars, and his appeal was thrown out, it was difficult for her to concentrate on anything else.īut with the help of a psychiatrist, and a supportive husband and family, she says her life is gradually returning to normal. Initially, she was afraid to leave her own house. The woman said recovering from her ordeal has been difficult. 5, a New Brunswick court threw out Cormier's appeal of his conviction and sentence. He will have to serve more than half that in a federal prison. He's been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Your picture is plastered over everything.' And I said, 'Can you get me to the police station?'" Cormier sentenced to 18 yearsĬormier was convicted on July 6, 2011, of six charges, including kidnapping, sexual assault, unlawful confinement, robbery with a weapon, assault with a weapon and uttering threats. I don't know if you've heard about me.' And he said 'My God, yes. She stood in front of a Purolator courier truck to wave it down, and leapt into the passenger seat, sobbing to the driver. on March 24, 2010, Cormier hurriedly tied her up so he could get to his local food bank before it closed. As soon as Cormier left the apartment, the woman worked her hands and feet free from the ropes, and bolted out the door and onto the street, wearing just a T-shirt and panties. She considered attacking Cormier with knives or a hammer she saw lying around his apartment, but she realized she would not have the strength to overpower him.įinally, at about 11:20 a.m. "I could see how hurt everybody was, and it showed pictures of my family and everything, and I just knew that the only thing I could do to help them was that I had to survive." Thoughts consumed with escapeįor the next 23 days, as the woman continued to be confined and sexually assaulted, she said her mind was consumed with forming an escape plan. "And when I heard that, it was just like some wave came over me," recalled the abducted woman. In addition, the daughter, who was pregnant, revealed that her younger sister was also expecting a child. Her disappearance was the top story, and featured her eldest daughter appealing to the public for any information about her missing mother. That, she said, was when she found the will to fight for her life. Later that evening, Cormier returned and watched the evening television news with her. "I said to myself, 'When I get my chance, I'm just going to make a break for it and let him kill me because I can't do this anymore.' I just knew I couldn't survive being tied and gagged like that." Over three sleepless days and nights, the woman was raped repeatedly by Cormier, and endured hours of threats and her captor's drug taking.Īfter that, Cormier left her alone, bound by her hands and feet, gagged, and tethered by her neck to a coffee table. She said Cormier was a complete stranger to her.Ĭormier dragged her on a 10-minute walk to his dark and dingy basement apartment, where he duct-taped her hands and mouth. ![]() A jury found Romeo Cormier guilty of six charges in July 2011, including kidnapping, sexual assault and unlawful confinement.
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