| Rank* | Title (Click to view chart) |
Friday 6/25 (Estimates) |
Saturday 6/26 (Estimates) |
Sunday 6/27 (Estimates) |
Monday 6/28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAHRENHEIT 9/11 868 |
$8,200,000 10921.5% / $9,447 |
$7,800,000 -4.9% / $8,986 |
$5,800,000 -25.6% / $6,682 |
N/A |
You're comparing apples to oranges. You have to compare it to 1) other documentaries 2) other films with a similar tiny budget.
Look, wish it were otherwise, but it's a simply astounding financial success. No other way to spin it. Doesn't mean I like it or plan to go see it, but sometimes you have to call it like it is.
It still has a long way to the Passion of Christ.....
To be honest, the numbers ARE impressive for a movie that Moore only spent $6M to make, and $10M to market. Given that the studio gets 50% of the gate the first 2 weeks, Moore has already made back his production budget by Saturday afternoon, and will likely make back his marketing budget by the end of this week. The rest is profit.
This was the liberal's church service. I wonder how many people who went to see it were disgusted and thought that it undermined their cause, but said how "great" and "important" it was just to be liked by their friends.