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David Germain, Associated Press: "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's assault on President Bush, took in $8.2 million to $8.4 million in its first day, positioning it as the weekend's No. 1 film, its distributors said Saturday.
Based on Friday's numbers, "Fahrenheit 9/11" was on
track for an opening weekend that would surpass the
$21.6 million total gross of Moore's "Bowling for
Columbine," his 2002 film that earned him an Academy
Award for best documentary.
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Fahrenheit 9/11' Tops $8M in First Day
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By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES - "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's
assault on President Bush (news - web sites), took in
$8.2 million to $8.4 million in its first day,
positioning it as the weekend's No. 1 film, its
distributors said Saturday.
Based on Friday's numbers, "Fahrenheit 9/11" was on
track for an opening weekend that would surpass the
$21.6 million total gross of Moore's "Bowling for
Columbine," his 2002 film that earned him an Academy
Award for best documentary.
"Bowling for Columbine" holds the record for highest
domestic gross among documentaries, excluding concert
films and movies made for huge-screen IMAX theaters.
Friday grosses for "Fahrenheit 9/11" ran about $1.5
million ahead of its closest competitor, the Wayans
brothers comedy "White Chicks." The performance of
"Fahrenheit 9/11" was even more remarkable considering
it played in just 868 theaters, fewer than a third the
number for "White Chicks."
"Fahrenheit 9/11" benefited from a flurry of praise
and condemnation. Supporters mobilized liberal-minded
audiences to see it over opening weekend to counter
efforts by some right-wing groups to discredit the
film.
"It always helps when there's a group out there that
says, 'Don't go see this movie. It's bad for you,'"
said Jonathan Sehring, president of IFC Films, one of
the film's distributors.
"Fahrenheit 9/11" paints Bush as a neglectful
president who ignored terrorism warnings before Sept.
11, then stirred up fear of more attacks to win public
support for the Iraq (news - web sites) war. The movie
won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival (news -
web sites) in May.
The film has ridden a wave of publicity since just
before Cannes, when Moore began assailing Disney for
refusing to let subsidiary Miramax release "Fahrenheit
9/11" because of its political content.
Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein bought back
the film and hooked up with Lions Gate (news - web
sites) Films and IFC to distribute it.
The fury over "Fahrenheit 9/11" resembled the
firestorm created by Mel Gibson (news)'s "The Passion
of the Christ," which rose to blockbuster status amid
debate over whether it was anti-Semitic.
"It's like how 'The Passion of the Christ' redefined
what a certain genre of movie could do at the box
office, 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is doing the same thing,"
said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office
tracker Exhibitor Relations. "This blows away any
conceivable record for box office of a documentary."