Mel Gibson Film '5th Largest Opening in History'

Newsmax ^ | 2-26-04 | Carl Limbacher

[truthandlife]

'Passion' ping

[bogdanPolska12]

God works in mysterious ways doesn't he. Take that liberals more you complain and more you dwell God shots you down.

[4CJ]

Will see it Saturday. Kudos to Mr. Gibson and all involved.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-


http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39081

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[11th Earl of Mar]

Yes, indeed.

Touche`!

[billorites]

"Will see it Saturday"

Don't spoil it and tell us how it ends please.

[rocky88]

I was just watching O'Reilly and he was reading his emails at the end of the show - one guy wrote something that really made me smile..

and I paraphrase, "Hey Bill, Guess What? We're all talking about Jesus! Isn't it wonderful!"

[ServesURight]

Gibson has already broke even! And he still has the weekend coming up...

This film is going to break Titanic's box-office record.

[dinok]

I saw it today. Powerful.

There is a line where Jesus says "what more can a man give to others but his life"
I was reminded of the first 20 minutes of Private Ryan, of the firefighters going in to the trade towers on 9-11 and our boys fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jesus set the bar prety high for us to follow. Some have been trully worthy of his example.

[MaryFromMichigan]

"The success of the film so far is incredible.."

Many Freepers feel as if we have a stake in this movie. I'm glad it is doing so well.

[VOA]

Mel Gibson Film '5th Largest Opening in History'

While "The Passion" may not have the "legs" of a lot of other major Hollywood blockbustsers
in the INITIAL release...
I don't think it's any great stretch to imagine that after all the
international ticket-sales, the DVD/tape sales AND the Easter/Christmas theatrical
RE-showings...

...well, as "Nigel" as the faux record executive used to say in the British comedy
"The Young Ones" about a potentially big record deal:
"This could be mega."

[commish]

The article is slightly disengenious, but not too much.

Passion is the 9th Biggest Opening in History

It is the 5th Biggest MIDWEEK Opening.

NOow what they definately didn't mention : It is the ALLTIME BIGGEST OPENING for any movie that did not open During the Summer (may-Aug) or Holiday (nov-Dec) timeframe.

[MaryFromMichigan]

bump for ALOHA RONNIE's post #5...

[daler]

"The film opened on 4,600 screens in 3,006 theaters on Wednesday."

I wonder how many screens most of the "blockbusters" were alloted for their big openings?

Could be wrong, but I'm guessing substantially more.

[AppyPappy]

You think this is big? Wait until Good Friday. It's going to happen all over again.

[commish]

I wonder how many screens most of the "blockbusters" were alloted for their big openings?

I did a comparison between Passion and Spiderman on another thread.

Spidey opened on 3700 theaters on 7500 screens on a FRIDAY and did $43.6 Million -- an Average of $5700 per screen(that is the alltime, LOTR's 34.4 noted in the article is alltime midweek)

PAssion opened on 4600 screens in 3000 theaters for an Average of $5600 per screen.

So, on a PER SCREEN basis only, PASSION opened on a Wed with basically the same Average Per Screen as SPIDERMAN on a FRIDAY.

[randog]

...people who are not part of churches will go just out of feeling that they've got to see it, a curiosity.

I think it's more than that. Regardless of your religious leanings, the story of Christ is truly the greatest story ever told.

[TomServo]

Let's also consider it opened mid-week. Pretty impressive either way. My bet is that it will bust out (big time!) this weekend.

[NewHampshireDuo]

We just got home from seeing it. But "seeing it" isn't the right word. Can't describe it. This is a film for the ages as is the topic.