'Finding Nemo' One Big Fish, Swims to Big Crowds-Bests 'Bruce Almighty' 2 to 1 [Friday Box Office]

Box Office Mojo.com ^ | May 31, 2003 | Brandon Grey

[ewing]

Friday Nights Box Office Totals from around the nations theatres

FINDING NEMO 20.6 MILLION

BRUCE ALMIGHTY 11.146 MILLION

THE ITALIAN JOB 6.246 MILLION

MATRIX RELOADED 4.4 MILLION

WRONG TURN 1.69 MILLION

[Fabozz]

"She's a cartoon fish, for crying out loud!"

Yeah, but she's a gay cartoon fish, you libertine! </sarcasm>

[baseballfanjm]

Thank goodness for Pixar. When Disney started going down the tubes in the mid ninties with stupid movies, Pixar picked up.

[jlogajan]

Yeah, but she's a gay cartoon fish, you libertine!

There are only two or three lesbian fish love-making scenes in the whole movie -- don't over exaggerate it. :-)

[dixiechick2000]

"I think she is, wait, who is she ... who are you? Why are you talking to me? :-)"

LOL! Thank goodness she remembered enough to save little Harpo!

[dixiechick2000]

Beleive me, you will enjoy it every bit as much as your little brother will.

[dixiechick2000]

You can believe me, too...

[Phsstpok]

Ellen DeGeneress is just doing a voice. There is nothing about her character to be offended about. The clips I've seen are very funny (if you get to see it, remember, "Oh look, krill"). She brings no baggage to the film itself. Your kids shouldn't have a clue who she is.

[SkyPilot]

She's a cartoon fish, for crying out loud!

Yes--I am quite aware of that, but thank you for pointing it out anyway.

But you see jlogajan, the men pictured below are not cartoons. This is a photograph of homosexual men at Disney World after dark at the last "Gay Day." Homosexuality and Disney have become linked in recent years, and I don't want my dollars supporting it. DeGeneres is an advocate for a terribly destructive and immoral "lifestyle", and I for one am opposed to it.

Disney nightmare

Dear Mr. Eisner:

My family and I recently returned from a trip to your establishment. We even stayed on Disney property so we could experience the "Magic of Disney 24 hours a day" as stated on your video. This was a vacation that we had planned and saved for for many years.

This was a vacation that my children will always remember, but not because it was a magical family vacation, but because of Disney's Gay Day. You advertise a family theme park, but you promote a park for gays.

Had Disney done the responsible thing and announced that June 7 was to be Disney Gay Day, we would have planned our vacation at a more appropriate time for children. We realize that Gay Day was not officially sponsored by Disney, but was an event that has taken place for seven consecutive years.

We wanted to make our vacation full of good memories for our children. Instead I will tell you the memories our children walked away with. The number of gays attending was probably over 80 percent. Parents were leaving with their children at a steady pace at noon when we left. Many gays were wearing shirts with inappropriate sayings printed on them.

My children saw even more than the shirts. They actually witnessed gay people making out and fondling one another. This behavior is not accepted in the heterosexual world.

This is not what I consider a Disney "Magical Moment." We heard lots of inappropriate talk from gay people all around us. We witnessed a gay man making advances toward a boy who must have been 13 or 14 years of age while waiting in line with his two younger siblings for a ride. The boy was extremely frightened.

One of the things we are most angry about is having a gay man watching my 13-year-old son urinate when he went to the bathroom. After that he would not use the restrooms again. That is considered sexual harassment.

Gay Day was not to educate people about gays and their rights, but an attempt to solicit small children into becoming gay, as well as for gays to find partners. Having always been open minded and allowing others to choose their own lifestyles, we have to admit that this experience has certainly changed our minds where gays are concerned. Rather than just choosing a particular lifestyle for themselves, they were wanting to recruit children to their way of life.

Everyone has a right to choose for himself, but has no right to try to force this behavior on other people, particularly children.

Therefore, thanks to Disney and Gay Day, our vacation was ruined. The dream we had of a magical family vacation was shattered by the very company who makes that promise.

Had we been informed about Gay Day ahead of time, we would have chosen another time to go to Disney World or we would have chosen another destination.

While at Disney we called customer service to file an official complaint. We were told that someone from the company would be contacting us either prior to our checkout or within a couple of weeks after returning home. We left Disney on June 8 and have yet to hear from anyone from your company.

We resent the position we were put into as we were left with having to explain this situation to our children, who are fairly innocent of the gay world. Disney owes us some type of restitution in view of the lost vacation and money.

-- JOHN and KAYZETTA BIGLER, Topeka

[freedumb2003]

>>Ellen DeGeneress is just doing a voice. There is nothing about her character to be offended about<<

After her initial "people hate homos" rant and about the fact she couldn't get a job, despite working in three huge turkeys (and the insanity of Heche) she's been pretty quiet the last few years.

If it was Serandon or Streisand or the music was by the Ditzie Chix, I might boycott it. DeGeneres hasn't asked us publicly to monetarily support her politics nor has she made comments I disagree with to the point where I think she dserves distain.

I hear this is a great movie and since Disney forgot how to make great flicks and is using Pixar to do so on thewir behalf, I can't wait to see it.

[Cicero]

I rarely see a movie, but I went to Bruce Almighty with some of my family who wanted to see a movie.

For the very squeamish, I'd say that there are one or two bad words. Also, the hero is a selfish pig living in sin at the start of the movie--but that's the point. He straightens out after he learns his lesson.

The whole movie is very funny and also happens to be a perfect answer to the problem considered what is called theodicy. Which is to say that, if God is a) omnipotent; and b) totally good; then how come c) there is so much evil and suffering in the world? It's the question most unbelievers come up with.

C.S. Lewis tackles this question in his book, "The Problem of Pain." His answer is the same as the movie's (and the same as Milton's in Paradise Lost): Love and free will.

No wonder Frank Rich and the rest of the liberal critics hated it.

[buickmackane]

You might enjoy reading this story. Pixar's Andrew Stanton is a native of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, where I presently live. Here's a feature from the local paper about him. The film itself is loaded with insider jokes about Stanton's hometown of Rockport, including such landmarks as the twin lighthouses of Thacher Island and the red fishing shack called Motif #1 (one of the world's most popular tourist photo spots; when the building was damaged in a storm some years ago, it was either Polaroid or Kodak who paid to have it repaired). The dentist's office is based on a real life practice in Manchester-by-the-Sea; come to think of it, our family practitioner is located in the same town, and he's got a giant aquarium in his waiting room, too!

Boy story: Some of 'Finding Nemo' had inspiration in creator's hometown -- Rockport

As for the story of Pixar renegotiating its relationship with Disney, I heard that during an interview on "60 Minutes II" -- the Pixar honchos were being a little coy with the interviewer, saying they enjoyed their long-standing relationship with Disney but were considering other options, too.

[buickmackane]

I just posted above about Pixar's Andrew Stanton being from Rockport, Massachusetts. It's possible that the connection to Ellen DeGeneres may come from the fact that she was in another movie filmed in Rockport, "The Love Letter" (1999). There's been quite a lot of filmmaking activity here on Cape Ann in recent years. Off the top of my head, these also include "The Perfect Storm," "What's the Worst that Could Happen?," "State and Main," "Moonlight Mile," "The Crucible," and some Matt Damon movie about conjoined twins called "Stuck On You." It's really beautiful here, so filmmakers flock here for the scenery!

[Prodigal Son]

I don't know guys. I went to see it for the second time yesterday. 10:30 AM showing. The place was packed. I enjoyed it a lot more the second time.

[LS]

Joe Piscopo (yes, from Sat. Night Live) who is now an investment advisor in the entertaiment industry, noted that movies are way up and that Atlantic City did a $300 million weekend. He said that "on the street," the economy is looking up, big time.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

As a San Franciscan I agree with the writer of this. It is terrible. You should SEE what they get away with here in SF. There's pictures of homosex porn on lightposts wheatpasted there by homosexuals.

I would NEVER have kids here. Gays cruise little boys, and the lesbians cruise little girls. NEVER EVER have children in any big city in America. Too dangerous.

[PMCarey]

Yeah, but she's a gay cartoon fish, you libertine!

And we certainly don't need that our schools.

[ewing]

Carrey seems to be addicted to these 'message films' now and has lost interest in what made him a star.

I hope the public doesn't go the same way..

[theFIRMbss]

>MATRIX RELOADED 4.4 MILLION [!!]

HA, Ha, ha! Beaten
by a cartoon, Jim Carrey [!],
and Charlize [?!] Theron!

It's "religion," it's
"philosophy," it's "sooo cool"...
It's in -- ha! -- fourth place!

[NativeNewYorker]

NEVER EVER have children in any big city in America. Too dangerous.

Here in SubwaySodom, I really REALLY wanted to buy a townhouse in the Village and raise my family there, but when it dawned on me how the street life would look to kiddies, I opted for the boring, expensive but more family friendly upper east side.

I keep up with when the Gay Pride parade takes over midtown, and just make it a point to NOT go there that day.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

As a San Franciscan I agree with the writer of this. It is terrible. You should SEE what they get away with here in SF. There's pictures of homosex porn on lightposts wheatpasted there by homosexuals.

That only happens in the Castro (the "gay" part of town). You've got to train yourself not to look at or read lampposts. And, for god's sake, don't EVER get caught in the Castro during a gay parade. You'll see worse things than porn on lampposts.