This article about last weekend's movie box-office takes, focusing on Fahrenheit 9/11's surprising success (I recall sweetly how one Yerpian pundit sniffed that the film would not sell a single seat in the US) is especially interesting as it notes that the weekend's number-two (ha) movie, White Chicks, played at three times as many theaters as 9/11, and failed to take in more money. That's bizarre and fills me with hope along multiple vectors.
To be honest, had Harry Potter or some other high hyped movie been released at that weekend, who can say what the response would have been. But, perhaps the fact that there were no highly awaited movie releases out the same week as F9/11 is also due to Moore's good planning, or it was due to respect from Hollywood...
Thing to note: I've heard that after NASCAR Republican spokes people saw F9/11, they stopped being Republican puppets, and have turned to promote the movie to their fans :)
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Date: 2004-06-30 11:09 am (UTC)Thing to note: I've heard that after NASCAR Republican spokes people saw F9/11, they stopped being Republican puppets, and have turned to promote the movie to their fans :)