So the anti-Obama movie "dominated"

[muntrv]

at $6.3 million.



Box Office Report: Anti-Obama Doc Beats New Films With $6.3 Mil on Eve of GOP Convention
The Hollywood Reporter – 9 hours ago.. .

Galvanizing conservatives Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan’s documentary 2016: Obama's America grossed a stellar $6.3 million as it expanded nationwide over the weekend, beating a trio of three new films.

The anti-Barack Obama film, opening last month in only a few theaters, now boasts a domestic cume of $9.2 million, the top gross of the year for a documentary (excluding nature films). Bully was the previous crownholder with $3.5 million.

Among other records, Obama's America is now the top conservative documentary of all time, beating out Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed ($7.7 million).







http://movies.yahoo.com/news/box-office-report-anti-obama-doc-beats-films-161221160.html

[bhikkhu]

1. No it didn't; its number 8 on the list

http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

...on a pretty slow weekend for the business.

on edit - just to add, the article you cite is what is known as a "puff piece", a half-assed attempt to generate buzz. Though I doubt that there are many more people willing to put up money to sit through that swill.

[MADem]

2. Did Sheldon Adelson buy out a bunch of theaters?

Didn't they do that with a Palin film, buy tickets but no one attended?

After all--they do it with their books to make the NYT Best Seller list.

They do it with fake Facebook and Twitter accounts.

They have money to throw around....I would not be surprised in the slightest if they pushed their numbers with free tickets, or bulk purchases of tickets, followed by a shitload of no-shows.

[progressivebydesign]

3. of course they did. Remember when churches got free tickets to the Palin film?

This is pure propaganda, and it's sickening. Indie filmmakers work their entire lives to get a film in distribution, and this POS fake documentary, gets shown in regular distribution. SOmeone in the movie industry needs to explain how the fuck this happened.

And yes.. I was at the theatre this weekend, and I know people who work at the theatres, and NO ONE was watching those films. No one. Ghost towns.

[MADem]

5. Now showing at the Potemkin Village Theatre!!!! nt

[Angleae]

8. That would explain how it got 2/3rds of its total gross in it's 7th weekend.

$9.08mil total gross
$6.24mil for it's 7th week

[progressivebydesign]

4. Yahoo has proven itself to be second to Fox News with disinformation. nt

[Kalidurga]

7. Thanks that reminds me...

I haven't seen The Expendables 2 yet.

[Politicalboi]

6. Someone on our side should have done the same

With the GOP. Take all the quotes of the crazies, and show the Teabaggers, misspelled signs, and the total lunacy that is the GOP.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

9. Wow, We're All SOOOOO Impressed

Now show how much money "Fahrenheit 9/11" raked in during a similar time period in 2004. Still happy with your $6.3 mill?

[Marr]

10. Oh, the soft bigotry of low expectations.

You don't "dominate" by coming in 8th.