Fahrenheit 9/11 - A record breaker
 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/article...d=040627bo.htm

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo) ? Around three million people elected Fahrenheit 9/11 to be the No. 1 movie of America.

Incensing as many as it's entrancing, writer-director Michael Moore's Bush bash celebrated over the weekend with an estimated $21.8 million at 868 theaters, Lions Gate trumpeted on Sunday along with co-distributors IFC Films and the Fellowship Adventure Group -- the latter quickly formed by Miramax chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein to release the $6 million picture after buying it back from corporate parent Disney. Around $10 million was spent on prints and advertising, less than a third of the average Hollywood release.

With $21.958 million in the till since its record-breaking debut in New York City on Wednesday, Fahrenheit 9/11 is already the highest grossing documentary of all time -- excluding large format, concert and other non-"apples-to-apples" sub-genres ? surpassing Moore's own Bowling for Columbine's $21.6 million lifetime gross.

Fahrenheit is also the first documentary to land in the weekend top five, let alone be No. 1. Its opening topped Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction's $9.3 million as the best ever for a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, and it was Tarantino's jury that handed Moore the prize this year.

Though Fahrenheit's $25,115 per theater average is extraordinary, it's not unprecedented. It ranks as the seventh highest all time for a wide release (adjusting for ticket price inflation knocks it down to no. 28) and the third best this year behind The Passion of the Christ's $27,554 and Shrek 2's $25,951. However, they were super-saturation releases playing at 3,043 and 4,163 theaters respectively -- the lower the theater count, the easier it is to have a high average as the release isn't diluted by less populous locations with lower ticket prices.

just watched it..

great movie :thumbsup

yeah i've seen it a few days ago, it was a great movie

That movie was a snoozer. Anyone can sensationalize any event to sell movie tickets. If I hear one more person refer to it as a "documentary" I will personally bitch slap them. It's pure entertainment for the Bush haters, nothing more, nothing less.


BTW, don't get me wrong. Bush is a worthless liar...probably even more worthless than Michael Moore. I'm not supporting him at all.

I am anxiously awaiting it's release down here! :glugglug

Well it will be dethroned next week for sure, oh well