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1 posted on 12/19/2007 2:42:22 PM PST by khnyny
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ping


2 posted on 12/19/2007 2:46:16 PM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: khnyny
its first weekend ticket sales were a disappointing $26 million. New Line Cinema, a unit of Time Warner Inc, had hoped the film would pull in between $30 million and $40 million.

Didn't it take $200M to make the film? Nice way to parse, Philip Pullella.

3 posted on 12/19/2007 2:49:27 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: khnyny

They can deny it all they want, but this movie tanking helped “The Hobbit” to finally get the go ahead.


4 posted on 12/19/2007 2:49:34 PM PST by icwhatudo (The rino borg...is resistance futile?)
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To: khnyny
and said that it was "consoling" that its first weekend ticket sales were a disappointing $26 million.

The Vatican giving the movie free publicity by condemning it should help fix that.

5 posted on 12/19/2007 2:50:10 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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BUMP


7 posted on 12/19/2007 2:51:45 PM PST by kitkat (I refuse to let the DUers chase me off FR.)
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To: khnyny
This movie will make the fast track to the Wal-mart clearance bin.
10 posted on 12/19/2007 2:53:02 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: khnyny

That is why the audience stayed home.... a flop for Warner Bros.


11 posted on 12/19/2007 2:53:12 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: khnyny

this is after a Catholic movie reviewer in America praised the Film!!!????

has He Been Fired yet?


12 posted on 12/19/2007 2:55:35 PM PST by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: khnyny

The Vatican is on target here.


13 posted on 12/19/2007 2:55:39 PM PST by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: khnyny

Hmmmm. This should be making the USCCB a little nervous.

In addition to that, I think it’s excellent that the Church is actually telling people what’s wrong with the film, not just making some vague negative statement. Interestingly enough, the editorial comments that Pullman’s world is one “without hope.” This is in great contrast to the words of the Pope’s latest encyclical, which is all about hope. (Spes Salvi - it can be downloaded in English from the Vatican website, and it’s a beautiful, clear and - well, hope-filled - writing.)


14 posted on 12/19/2007 3:01:58 PM PST by livius
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To: khnyny

..time to fire up Chronicles of Narnia and LOTR


15 posted on 12/19/2007 3:02:35 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
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To: khnyny

It’s fiction.


17 posted on 12/19/2007 3:31:47 PM PST by 3niner (War is one game where the home team always loses.)
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To: khnyny

Looks like the American Bishops aren’t on the same page as is the Vatican.


18 posted on 12/19/2007 3:59:07 PM PST by PAR35
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“Vatican Blasts “Golden Compass” as Godless and Hopeless”

Looks like the box office in the USA concurs.


28 posted on 12/20/2007 9:24:49 PM PST by VOA
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