A lot of people are backtracking. There's an article out there about just that--all the folks that called Mel crazy, said the movie would flop, said it was anti-jew, etc. are now eating their words and replacing them with accolades, hoping none of us notice.
I plan on seeing the movie this weekend with my family (4 of us). We're considering this movie to be more of an event, so we wanted to wait for the weekend when we're relaxed and able to absorb and digest the message. I suspect millions more are going to do the same. It'll be interesting to see what the 1 week numbers are.