An American Carol, LOSER at the box office

[DainBramaged]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2008&wknd=40&p=.htm


$3,810,000

:rofl:

Religulous, ONE THIRD as many theaters, $3,519,000

[oberliner]

1. The sad thing is that "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is the #1 movie in America

Mind-boggling.

[ibegurpard]

5. wtf?

I have never heard of this movie

[oberliner]

17. Drew Barrymore as a talking dog

Also Cheech Marin and Paul Rodriguez.

[TlalocW]

2. And notice that Bill Maher's movie, Religulous

Was just 300,000 behind it, and it was on less than a third of the screens Carol was on.

TlalocW

[pink-o]

3. I guess the church buses broke down or sumthin'. Maybe they can't afford to fill 'em up anymore!

..y'know, cuz their great conservative, Christian prez broke our economic system.

Anyway, isn't the def of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? When will these RW neo-con idiots figure out that they ARE NOT FUNNY HAVE NO SENSE OF IRONY DON'T UNDERSTAND SATIRE???????? First the 1/2 hour newshour, now this???

Stick to being bellicose and angry, you stupid RW fucknuts!

[oberliner]

4. Church buses are all headed to Fireproof

Kirk Cameron has a hit on his hands!

[and-justice-for-all]

32. It is out and not doing that well really. nt

[Initech]

6. Did the freepers not get out of their parent's basements to see this movie?

[oberliner]

7. What has happened to Mr. Zucker?

I wonder what made him cross over to the Dark Side.

[DainBramaged]

9. It's the OTHER Zucker, the asshole brother

[JI7]

14. loser siblings usually turn right wing like that baldwin brother

[oberliner]

22. Still trying to figure out which is which

To be honest, I don't know enough about them to know which is THE brother and which is the OTHER brother.

[Initech]

10. Naked Gun, Airplane = great comedies.

This movie = shit.

Yeah, what happened?

[charlie]

12. 911

Dennis Miller Syndrome. Trite, but that's his story.

[Sydnie]

8. A big kids happy meal or a movie - they had to choose

and the movie lost. Times are tough in Freeperville too. ;)

[Initech]

11. OMG!!!

:rofl:

[JackBeck]

15. You'd think with it being the first of the month, when the government checks get delivered

They would have been out in droves.

I guess the meth addiction will always be their first priority.

[tpsbmam]

13. Bwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaa Fahrenheit 9/11:

"Fahrenheit 9/11", continued to be a major box-office success story, finishing the Independence Day holiday weekend with a cumulative take of $22 million on 1725 screens, bringing its 11 day total to $61.1 million, it was announced by Tom Ortenberg, President of Lions Gate Films Releasing, and Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Entertainment.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/pr/?id=1391&p=.htm

[DainBramaged]

30. I remember being there opening weekend

[mrreowwr_kittty]

16. I saw Religulous last night. The theater was PACKED. I hope they open it to wider release. nt

[oberliner]

18. Where did you see it?

Wonder how it will play nationally.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

19. Tempe, AZ. A bluer area than the rest of the state but not exactly a hotbed of liberalism either.

[oberliner]

21. I know it well - ASU-land - was it mostly college students in the crowd?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

23. Nope. It was at Tempe Marketplace, a new mega-stripmall on the outskirts of town.

Mostly middle-aged crowd. I heard the showings in Scottsdale and West Phoenix are going gangbusters too.

[Initech]

20. I saw it yesterday at a 2:00 showing.

Theater was quite full considering it was an afternoon showing. The movie was absolutely fantastic, especially the first half.

[DainBramaged]

24. So doing quick math, same number of theaters, over $10,000,000

[Big Boss]

26. about the movie...

Yeah, this movie didn't look very good at all. Personally, I'm more of a fan of factual based documentaries than slanderous parodies.

[DainBramaged]

29. Really?? I think the Reich-Wing is a religious parody.

[Imagevision]

25. The movie "W" will be out on the 16th, that should be interesting...

[and-justice-for-all]

33. I can't tell if it is for or against shrubCo. nt

[marmar]

27. A friend and I showed up about 5 minutes before showtime at Great Lakes Crosssing....

.... in suburban Detroit, and had to sit in the front row, which I despise. The theater was packed......for Religulous, of course.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

28. Stinkburg Ahoy!!

Wonder how much of the $$ was Scaife money on Fandango :D

[JHB]

31. Jeez, that's so lame I wonder if I should bother finishing up my reveiw...

..."'An American Carol', or 'The skewering of those stuck in 1968... by those stuck in 1978'".

The real irony is that the movie harps on what bombs Michael Malone(the Michael Moore-cut-out)'s movies are. Personally I think it's because Moore's biggest box office (Fahrenheit 9/11, from a mere documenary director) topped Zucker's personal best (Scary Movie 3), and it sticks in Zucker's craw.

[jakefrep]

34. Really, should we have expected any different?