Posted on 07/13/2004 7:44:27 AM PDT by kattracks
When his so-called documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" first opened, Michael Moore said it was a "red-state movie."
But like much of his film's content, the claim doesn't square with the facts.
Moore was referring to 'the map' of the 2000 Bush v. Gore election results.
However, the "red" states went for Bush in 2000, while the "blue" states went for Al Gore (Oh well ... just add that to the list of inaccuracies spouted by Moore).
Now, the very same divide exists today between Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" and Mel Gibson's runaway blockbuster 'The Passion of the Christ."
Data compiled by ticket sales tracker Nielsen EDI Inc., compared the 50 theaters around the country where each film had the highest gross.
"Red" staters have chosen "Passion" while "blue" staters went for Moore's schlockumentary, according to the New York Times.
Surveys by ticket Nielsen EDI showed that the top theaters for "Fahrenheit" have been in urban, traditionally Democratic strongholds, including Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Bay Area, Chicago and Boston.
Theaters with the most ticket sales for "Passion" were typically more suburban and far more widely dispersed, from Texas and New Mexico to Ohio, Florida and Orange County, California, the Times reported.
"The Passion," is the year's biggest money maker with a startling $609 million in worldwide ticket sales since it was released in February.
"Fahrenheit" - the most popular feature-length documentary ever - had sales in North America of $80.1 million in just three weeks.
For "The Passion," the rankings reflect the film's full run, the Times noted.
For "Fahrenheit," the data include only the first two weeks of ticket receipts.
Nielsen experts, however, said that there was little difference in the theater rankings for "Passion" between the first two weeks of release and the full run.
In the end "Passion" will still be waaaaaay ahead of "Fahren-crap 911."
Subliminal messages???
I don't think Moore meant the 2000 election results map.
I think that's exactly what he was referring to. What else could it have been?
Red states, as in commie/leftist.
Hopefully they will turn blue, since that color is traditionally used to identify the incumbent, IIRC.
Ahh, I get it now.
I've noticed all the returns for F911 on boxofficemojo are 'estimates' going back to June 25.
Can't these people count money--or are we being scammed?
F9/11 doesn't have a prayer of being as big as "Passion".. Passion is a film that will be bought and watched for generations.. F9/11 is electioneering propoganda that will be forgotten a few years from now at best.
"Fahrenheit" - the most popular feature-length documentary ever - had sales in North America of $80.1 million in just three weeks.
Class: In what way is "Fahrenheit" a "documentary" more than "The Passion?"
The "red/blue state" thing is a myth to begin with.
The real map is the red/blue COUNTY-BY-COUNTY post election map. That's the one that shows that in every state, the Democrats controlled the parasite nests (cities) while the Republicans owned the great expanses populated by working, taxpaying traditional American families. Obviously, the states with the most and biggest parasite nests generally were "blue" states.
It is already being forgotten.
It's the 'Private Parts' phenomenom all over again - - big opening fueled by the star's fan base, then a quick dropoff.
The commie dominated states? I never did agree with labeling our states red, it would have been more fitting switched around.
When I saw the first F11 commericial, I noticed he tried to make the film look like a patriotic movie. The commercial gave nothing of the idea of the real message. I immediately thought he was trying to lure in conservatives - thinking they were going to see a patriotic movie - and then destroy their faith in the president.
Tied together with the "red state" comment, I get the impression his goal was to crack the conservative base - make a grand gesture towards the forwarding of socialism in America.
If that's correct, he's failed.
This year, they should be switched around. The red/blue color schemes had traditionally been blue = incumbent party, red = challenger party.
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