'Fahrenheit' #1 on Opening Day

[Lunatic Fringe]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2004-06-25&p=.htm

$8.2 million in one day.

[soozla]

MICHAEL MOORE HATES AMERICA!!!

Support this!!!!

[Hans]

Have the 'Dems' and their friends
no shame. Busy this weekend got to buy
my prestige copy of 'My Life' by Bubba
and then to the cineplex to see Poop on
9/11 by the Michael 'the hunk' Moore.

[Cicero]

This movie has had a MASSIVE publicity campaign, abetted by all the media. It was bound to open big, since it has rabid fans standing by for the opening.

Given this publicity it will probably continue to do reasonably well. The "word of mouth" will be from one fanatic to another, and therefore should be positive at least among these viewers. But the question is whether it will reach a wider audience and influence it. I doubt it.

[joesnuffy]

How many people who voted for Clinton twice would vote for him again....or his batty half? same people idiots who would see any Mikey Moore movie...

imo

[OpusatFR]

Spiderman opens next week.

[cripplecreek]

Unless liberals see the movie again and again I think it's numbers will fall pretty quickly.

[bikepacker67]

Unless liberals see the movie again and again I think it's numbers will fall pretty quickly.

Exactly.

The koolaid drinkers are just getting a fix.

[RandallFlagg]

IMDB has the cost to make it as six mil.

[Helms]

Moore As Infantile Leftist and Neo-anarchist

He, Focault, epitomised what one of his critics called "infantile leftism", an egotistical school of politics which is concerned principally with making gestures; attempting to shock (think Michael Moore) and constantly criticising, but never proffering a coherent alternative. J G Merquior labelled Foucault a quintessential neo-anarchist.

Whereas traditional anarchists were inspired by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's mutualism and Kropotkin's co-operatives, and took pride in their embrace of science and humane Enlightenment values, Foucault owes more to the egotistical, destructive spirit of Mikhail Bakunin, whose anarchism luxuriated in its negativity and irrationality. Its beliefs consist entirely of what it opposes.

This legacy can be seen in today's "anti- capitalist" demonstrators, who are clear about what they seek to destroy, but rather vague as to what they want to create. ...............................................................http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160760/posts?page=3#3

[cake_crumb]

Ahh....since it had such dismal earnings in NYC when it opened, where do these numbers come from? Where else did it open? Falluja? Montreal? Of course it must have been big in Paris.

[RandallFlagg]

In case nobody heard you...

Go and see
Michael Moore Hates America
Instead.

[Clara Lou]

since it had such dismal earnings in NYC when it opened
I hadn't read this. Do you have a link?

[Rocko]

Spidey will spin a nice web around That Big Fat Idiot and drop him off the nearest building.

[stillnoprotestsagainstmuslims]

I just read it, he finally got a distributor!!! I can`t wait! I hope it rakes that fat tub of sh*t over the coals and blows "FatandWeight 911lbs" out of the water

[AngieGOP]

I wonder how many members of Hezbollah saw it?

[Kaslin]

See my post #216 here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160345/posts?page=216#216

[Rocko]

I wonder how many members of Hezbollah saw it?

All of them.

[Clara Lou]

Well, we know he'll gladly take their money, don't we? Hezballah, who murders old men and women and mothers and babies outside of their synagogues. May he and they rot.

[stillnoprotestsagainstmuslims]

My brother saw it and he`s pretty much of a hippie lib. Said it was a POS that made America out to be the source of all evil in the entire world and some people were laughing at it. He said if America is so evil like MM says, why does everyone want to live here? I hope this destroys the career of that fat tub of puss. I mean when the NY Times, and other liberals give it bad reviews, then you know it must be an utter joke.

[Clara Lou]

Thanks for posting those links. I was wondering how the opening days compared. Now, I'd like to know what other movies got 8 mill on their opening days.

[NavyCanDo]

Oh wow! it took over the #1 spot from what movie? Dodgeball? Other so-so's to outright bombs to make the #1 spot this year: 50 First Dates, Hellboy, Mean Girls, Scooby-Doo 2, and Kill-Bill vol 2. For F911 to take #1 with all the media hype and with it competing with Dodgeball is not saying much. It will be a one weekend wonder and SPIDERMAN will kill F911.

[I_am_a_lib_slicer]

Yes folks..Hollyweed brings you their newest contribution to the war on terror...their very own M.M.O.A.B....(Michael Moore Offers Another Bukakae).

[cake_crumb]

I'll look...a CNN article attempting to make $45,000 in earnings out to be something special was posted here on FR.

[AngieGOP]

A whole bunch of Freepers should to to movie theatres showing this movie dress in Middle Eastern headwear. The look on the face of those waiting in line would be priceless.

[RandallFlagg]

LOL! Ninja head coverings and all!!

[Kaslin]

Doesn't matter. Mel Gibson's Passion made more then 3 times as much on the first day. :-)

[AngieGOP]

Go see Michael Moore's movie dressed in Muslim clothing. The look on the faces of the audience and those standing in line would be priceless.

[cripplecreek]

I have two very liberal uncles who grew up in a conservative family. They were both turned off by bowling for columbine, they grew up around guns and didn't fall for that movie either.


One of those uncles has become very wealthy. He jokes that he already pays 90% of the taxes received by the city of Ann Arbor. The same uncle spent his military service in the national guards and is well aware that wealth or connections weren't what kept him from Vietnam. I doubt he's going to vote for Bush but he won't vote for Kerry either.

[AngieGOP]

"Ninja head coverings and all!!"

That would clear the theatre faster than yelling "fire!"

[RandallFlagg]

BWAAHAHAHAAA!!!!

[sanjacjake]

I would like VP Cheney to confront this nit wit and
bust him in the chops...not nice to just tell him to
go f*** himself...he also would fit in with the LA
homeless as the unkempt bastard must never take a
shower....Jake

[RandallFlagg]

We oughta put that idea into it's own thread!

[AngieGOP]

Go the theatres whee Fahrernheit 911 is plaing wearing Muslim gear and signs supporting John Kerry. That out to be good for a few laughs.

[RandallFlagg]

"Kerry signs."

STOP! You're killing me!!!

[cripplecreek]

Fake bomb belts too. If college kids can wear them on campus........

[AngieGOP]

Could you imagin a bunch of freepers dressed in Muslim wear and carrying vote for John Kerry signs. Maybe we can conjur up a Sadaam look-a-like or two. That would be a hoot.

[RandallFlagg]

Big knives, also.

If Star Wars geeks can bring lightsabres into the theatre.....

[AngieGOP]

The Dems/Libs on line and in the audience wouldn't know when to sh*t or go sailing!

[per loin]

"...an egotistical school of politics which is concerned principally with making gestures..."

That description locates them a bit closer to reality than they are. Replace "gestures" with "splattered mental gesticulations".

[Helms]

with making gestures..."

The Middle Finger in the form of misinformation and massaged images.

[cripplecreek]

Unfortunately my friends call me Osama John Laden because when my hairs long and i grow a beard they think theres a resemblance.

[AngieGOP]

"Unfortunately my friends call me Osama John Laden because when my hairs long and i grow a beard they think theres a resemblance. "

You could stand in front of the theatre with a sign which reads, "I am such a fan of Michael Moore, I couldn't hide it anymore".

[Savage Beast]

While starting my car, I accidently heard some klunk on NPR--Surprise!--remarking that Michael Moore's movie is "counter-propaganda". To the knuckle-dragging Neanderthals of Lower Slobovia, this means that it's something other than propaganda. To everyone else, it means that it is propaganda with the implication "Well, they did it first!"

[cripplecreek]

OOH OOH OOH Can I ride a donkey?

[AngieGOP]

Another idea would be go see the movie dressed in Muslim garb and boo and hiss whenever another Muslim in on screen and cheer when G.W.B. is on screen.

[cake_crumb]

Here it is:

'Fahrenheit' turns on box office heat

Michael Moore's anti-Bush film breaks the single-day records at the two New York theaters. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Michael Moore's controversial documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" turned on the box office heat in its first day in theaters breaking single-day records at the two New York City theaters where it played. The movie, which aims a critical eye at President Bush and his prosecution of the war in Iraq, sold $49,000 worth of tickets at the Loew's Village 7 theater, beating the venue's single-day record of $43,435 held by 1997's "Men in Black," according to distributors Lions Gate Films and IFC Films. At the Lincoln Plaza theater, "Fahrenheit 9/11" took in more than $30,000 to top the $24,013 set by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. A spokesman for Lions Gate Films said the company debuted the movie in the two theaters to help build good word-of-mouth -- friend telling friend -- publicity ahead of the wide debut Friday when it plays in 868 theaters in all 50 states....

[Ukiapah Heep]

Is there a web site that shows where it's playing?

[AngieGOP]

You can go to Imdb.com and go to the now playing link on the top and plug in your zip code. It ought to tell you where that crap is playing.

[rwfromkansas]

At least it was low on the estimated end.

It isn't too much of a surprise......this appears to be a film in which people who want to see it will go to the theater as soon as they can.

It should have a quick drop-off period I think, starting about mid-week.