Posted on 01/18/2015 1:48:09 PM PST by TurboZamboni
The electrifying $90.2 million wide opening of “American Sniper” – shattering records for the best January openings by tens of millions of dollars — stunned box office analysts and even distributor Warner Bros. Sunday.
“We’ve never seen anything like this,” Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. told TheWrap.
The Clint Eastwood-directed Iraq War saga starring Bradley Cooper was on pace to top $100 million over the four-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend, uncharted territory for a movie at this time of year. It was an explosive and historic start for Village Roadshow’s R-rated “American Sniper,” which was adapted by Jason Hall from the late U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s autobiography.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...
Wow.
America's been waiting, wanting and needing a hero, and this one is timely and human.
Any Moslems take offense at this movie yet?
Didn’t Bush have something to do with this?
Try that with a Muslim movie. No matter how much the AC and the MSM lie to us we know the truth. We need to boot them out. They are not like other immigrants. They’re here to infiltrate and takeover our country. Bounce ‘em out on their turban heads...
(Cried anyway at the ending.)
America is desperate for patriotic movies. They sure as hell don't get any sort of patriotic sense from their 'leader'. I sure hope these ticket sales mean more million$ for the Kyle family!
> Any Moslems take offense at this movie yet?
The ones that would are no longer among the living. The movies exposes how vastly different our cultures are no the reasons we cannot coexist living alongside each other.
Hey yeah ... where are the raghead riots !!????
yep.
Obama.
Probably hates the idea of a bead.... maybe the 72 in the afterlife are male?
Go see it. It's really not about making him a hero (obviously he was). It's more about the character of the men who fought.
The ones that would are no longer among the living. The movies exposes how vastly different our cultures are and the reasons we cannot coexist living among one another.
"character of the men who fought."
All the better reasoning for my comment
I hope that Vince Flynn’s American Assassin finally gets made.
I think to make it fair, Obama should confiscate half the movies take and give it to the “Selma” producers; you know, for “reparations”.
Sigh. I'm pretty sure that they were "stunned" by Lone Survivor and Passion of the Christ as well.
Hollywood, totally clueless.
You have to see American Sniper.
Incredible film and it’s biopic was heart wrenching.
Just awesome and like Lone Survivor, quite a few wet eyes at the end.
And we all stayed through the credits.
The silence was palpable.
We somberely left the theater with an even greater understanding and admiration for “Our” American Service members.
I'm not disagreeing with your sentiment. After 6 years of socialist's systematically destroying this country and our historic role in bringing freedom and peace to the world, I'm ecstatic to see our military men portrayed accurately. You will really enjoy this movie.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.