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`The Passion' soars beyond $200 million in second weekend to remain top film
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| 3-8-04
Posted on 03/08/2004 4:23:28 AM PST by truthandlife
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To: truthandlife
"Viggo Mortensen's horse-racing adventure Hidalgo"Saw this yesterday.
Probably the worst movie of recent years.
I was losing it with laughter.
"Die infidel cowboy!"
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posted on
03/08/2004 4:31:02 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: truthandlife; JohnHuang2; toddst; Dataman; sola gracia; George Frm Br00klyn Park; JenB; Jerry_M; ...
'Passion' ping
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posted on
03/08/2004 4:37:49 AM PST
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: truthandlife
Amazing that a movie about a subject which appeals to such a small audience would do so well. </sarcasm >
It won't take long to hit $1 BILLION!
CG
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posted on
03/08/2004 4:50:57 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(The word "Tagline" needs to be added to Free Republic's Spell Check.)
To: truthandlife
The movie is expected to top $300 million At this rate, it will top $300 million by next weekend.
To: truthandlife
wait until Easter weekend
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posted on
03/08/2004 4:54:19 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much!)
To: truthandlife
1. The Passion of the Christ, $51.4 million. (Waiting for the crowds to die down a bit)
2. Starsky & Hutch, $29.05 million. (Umm, sure. The series was OK when I was 15)
3. Hidalgo, $19.6 million. (Ho-hum)
4. 50 First Dates, $7.7 million. (Hasn't Adam Sandler had his 15 minutes?)
5. Twisted, $5 million. (Seems like I've seen this one several times already)
6. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, $4 million. (Pablum)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, $3.2 million. (Still going strong)
8. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, $2.85 million. (Smells like bildge water)
9. Miracle, $2.6 million. (Great movie, disappoining box office)
10. Monster, $2.25 million. (Serial killer lesbians. JUST what I want to see...)
To: truthandlife
I'm getting real tired of this:
"The Passion, Gibson's bloody re-enactment of Christ's crucifixion"
I have yet to read a mainstream media article that doesn't include the words "gory", "bloody", or "violent".
As if there's a clean version of this story to be told? Jesus was spanked and sent to the tomb without any supper?
Since when has Hollywood, or the mainstream Left ever given a rat's arse about a movie being too violent or gory?
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posted on
03/08/2004 4:57:31 AM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.")
To: rosyposy
Post 2 Ping Pong.
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posted on
03/08/2004 5:00:52 AM PST
by
condi2008
(Pro Libertate)
To: truthandlife
"I think it does show there's an ignored market, but the way I look at it, it's film by film. To make this work, you have to have a brilliant film. The audience is very discerning," Berney said. The market has been ignored since about 1959. Then the good films were called "Disney films" and even they quickly deteriorated.
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posted on
03/08/2004 5:09:58 AM PST
by
Dataman
To: truthandlife
It's called Voting With Your Movie Ticket.
To: billorites
I thought Hidalgo was pretty good.
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posted on
03/08/2004 5:17:17 AM PST
by
BSunday
To: truthandlife
The film, which stars Jim Caviezel as Christ, held up strongly, with receipts down just 39 percent from its huge opening weekend of $83.8 million. Movies debuting to such high numbers often drop 50 percent or more in their second weekends. Key stat.
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posted on
03/08/2004 5:31:32 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: billorites
I saw it also. Truly awful... slow, ponderous, and a restless audience that yaked through it.
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posted on
03/08/2004 5:51:40 AM PST
by
carton253
(I don't do nuance)
To: carton253
Hidalgo--I've probably seen the more interesting story, then--a History Channel discussion of the "real" guy--name Hopkins?--and the likelihood that everything is made up, because no dates anywhere check out--not his Wild Bill years, Pony Express, US races, nada.
Also, there is no record anywhere of this big race ever being run in Arabia.
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posted on
03/08/2004 5:57:07 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: truthandlife
The audience is very discerning," Berney said. IF the poorly written Left Behind series gets so many copies sold.
To: Conspiracy Guy
I noted the sarcasm but speaking of Billions, there are around 1.7 billion people on the planet who call themselves Christian. Small audience indeed.
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posted on
03/08/2004 6:11:27 AM PST
by
katana
To: katana
Exactly. Before it's over most will see it.
CG
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posted on
03/08/2004 6:13:08 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(The word "Tagline" needs to be added to Free Republic's Spell Check.)
To: truthandlife
The amazing thing is after the first $30 million for production costs and then $5 million to Newmarket for distributing costs---from here on out....
the profit is all to Mel Gibson.
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posted on
03/08/2004 6:19:08 AM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: carton253
Truly awful... slow, ponderous, and a restless audience that yaked through it. So it is written, infidel.
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posted on
03/08/2004 6:21:38 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
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