Surprising is right. Those who want to prop up Brokeback Mountain by fudging the figures claim it tops the box office. They are using figures from homosexual metropolitan areas where the movie was only shown, then claim a box office success – what a shame.
Here are some figures to date (Jan. 3). Brokeback Mountain has only made 15.1 million in the 25 days it has been out. Now use the “$15.1 million figure achieved in only 25 days” and try to claim a box office success.
Using these figures I would prefer to claim this: Brokeback Mountain is U.S. box office flop.
Box Office Mojo