Liberals Delude Themselves on Brokeback Mountain's Popularity

RealCearPolitics.com ^ | 2/20/06 | John Leo

[wizardoz]

Having finally seen it last night, I have to say... it's an interesting movie, if nothing else. And it does show how the affair hurts the families. But I did end up feeling sorry for the both of them. Actually, for everyone involved. I don't really understand what made them fall for each other, but the emotion was portrayed pretty effectively.

[VeritatisSplendor]

According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, this movie was the 33rd highest grossing movie among those which came out in the USA in 2005 (counting gross dometic receipts up until today).

Rank Movie Title (click to view) Studio Total Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Open Close
1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $380,270,577 3,663 $108,435,841 3,661 5/19 10/20
2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $287,265,347 3,858 $102,685,961 3,858 11/18 -
3 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe BV $287,021,000 3,853 $65,556,312 3,616 12/9 -
4 War of the Worlds Par. $234,280,354 3,910 $64,878,725 3,908 6/29 11/22
5 King Kong Uni. $216,328,000 3,627 $50,130,145 3,568 12/14 -
6 Wedding Crashers NL $209,255,921 3,131 $33,900,720 2,925 7/15 -
7 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory WB $206,459,076 3,790 $56,178,450 3,770 7/15 12/8
8 Batman Begins WB $205,343,774 3,858 $48,745,440 3,858 6/15 10/30
9 Madagascar DW $193,595,521 4,142 $47,224,594 4,131 5/27 10/13
10 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Fox $186,336,279 3,451 $50,342,878 3,424 6/10 12/15
11 Hitch Sony $179,495,555 3,575 $43,142,214 3,575 2/11 7/21
12 The Longest Yard Par. $158,119,460 3,654 $47,606,480 3,634 5/27 10/6
13 Fantastic Four Fox $154,696,080 3,619 $56,061,504 3,602 7/8 12/29
14 Chicken Little BV $134,029,979 3,658 $40,049,778 3,654 11/4 -
15 Robots Fox $128,200,012 3,776 $36,045,301 3,776 3/11 9/5
16 Walk the Line Fox $116,354,000 3,160 $22,347,341 2,961 11/18 -
17 The Pacifier BV $113,086,868 3,181 $30,552,694 3,131 3/4 7/14
18 Fun with Dick and Jane Sony $109,734,987 3,239 $14,383,515 3,056 12/21 -
19 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Uni. $109,449,237 3,006 $21,422,815 2,845 8/19 12/15
20 Flightplan BV $89,691,587 3,424 $24,629,938 3,424 9/23 -
21 Saw II Lions $87,039,965 2,949 $31,725,652 2,949 10/28 1/5
22 Monster-in-Law NL $82,931,301 3,424 $23,105,133 3,424 5/13 9/5
23 Are We There Yet? Sony $82,674,398 2,810 $18,575,214 2,709 1/21 6/16
24 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Fox $80,909,834 3,211 $9,309,387 3,175 12/21 -
25 The Dukes of Hazzard WB $80,270,227 3,785 $30,675,314 3,785 8/5 10/30
26 March of the Penguins WIP $77,437,223 2,506 $137,492 4 6/24 12/1
27 The Ring Two DW $76,231,249 3,341 $35,065,237 3,332 3/18 6/16
28 Constantine WB $75,976,178 3,006 $29,769,098 3,006 2/18 6/16
29 The Exorcism of Emily Rose SGem $75,072,454 3,045 $30,054,300 2,981 9/9 11/6
30 Four Brothers Par. $74,494,381 2,649 $21,176,925 2,533 8/12 -
31 Sin City Dim. $74,103,820 3,230 $29,120,273 3,230 4/1 8/11
32 The Interpreter Uni. $72,708,161 2,814 $22,822,455 2,758 4/22 7/28
33 Brokeback Mountain Focus $72,038,000 2,089 $547,425 5 12/9 -

[BIGZ]

Save a horse, ride a cowboy.

Or is it sheep boy?

[Redbob]

"Even worse was the "racist response to Katrina" meme. Mostly this was aimed at George Bush, who botched the crisis badly, though not on any racial basis."

This is horse poop: when does this boob think George Bush was elected mayor of New Orleans, or even governor of Louisiana?

But it's much easier to try to pin things like this on George Bush than on to say that a couple Dimocrats are absolute incompetents.

[mtbopfuyn]

Egads, can't believe you paid good money to see it. Not only that, but to give Hollyweird funds to make more of the kind.

I know no one who's seen it nor plans to.

[Dallas59]

So I guess that not liking a movie may be considered "racist" and "bigotry" by the left?

[kcbc2001]

I live in a blue state and I don't know anyone who has seen it or has talked about wanting to see it. I've heard plenty about it, but it's all MSM hype.

[longtermmemmory]

IOW the leftists suffer from groupthink mentality.

[Zacs Mom]

"Mostly this was aimed at George Bush, who botched the crisis badly,"

LOL ~ It looks like ol' John Leo isn't above a little 'meme marketing' of his own.

[longtermmemmory]

Why would you pay money to support such a blatent homosexual porn propaganda piece?

[Chanticleer]

Beat by The Dukes of Hazzard? That's gotta hurt!

Although... Jessica Simpson in short shorts or gay shepherds kissing? Not much of a decision after all... even for a straight woman.

[TChris]

The Chronicals of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe made about four times as much as Brokeback Mountain.

*** Thumbing my nose at The Left ***

[jazusamo]

I believe the more that the left tries to use people like Moore and Soros to promote homosexuality and the relaxing of moral values, the more that the red state type people will did their heels in to resist.

[trubluolyguy]

Having finally seen it last night

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Lose a bet?

[satchmodog9]

So, nine million people saw this film. Big deal.

[ryan71]

Brokedick Mountain?

Haven't seen it.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I've seen most of the movies in the top ten but virtually none in the bottom twenty with the exception of "The Interpreter" with Nicole Kidman. Terrific movie. The camera really loves her.

[BigSkyFreeper]

OK, so it's us red-staters fault we didn't flock in hordes to the local screens to plunk down $10 to support this pile of horrid unimaginable trash. This movie doesn't look like a chick flick, let alone a date flick, unless your living in a Frisco bath house.

[KarlInOhio]

This is horse poop: when does this boob think George Bush was elected mayor of New Orleans, or even governor of Louisiana?

With 20/20 hindsight, President Bush was too nice of man when dealing with the Louisiana idiots. He should have made it quite clear before Katrina hit (when it looked like it would still be a category 5 hurricane at landfall) that the Louisiana and New Orleans were not capable of handling the disaster and they needed federal assistance including the army right away. And if they refused his "offer", he was going to hang them out to dry including releasing the tape of the phone call where he made the offer.