That’s the loosest definition of “number one” I’ve ever heard. If Expendables wins Friday and wins the weekend, then Obama’s America was never “number one.” Unless they’re slicing it down to “number one” only during the early morning hours on Friday or something. It’s doing well and holding its own for sure, but it’s pure spin to claim it’s “number one.”
For a documentary of its type without any sex or explosions, it's a shocking success.
Exactly. It is #1 in ‘on-line’ ticket sales, but it won’t be #1 at the box office, as it is not in enough theaters. It does have a shot at being #1 in per-screen average this weekend, though...bottom line; it is going to do very well for a limited-release documentary.