*Ø* Fahrenheit 9/11 in Top FIVE of All Movies Ever
Fahrenheit 9/11 Box Office Reaches Top FIVE of All Movies Ever;
in spite of R-rating that many suggest was politically motivated and inappropriate, and storm trooper goons at the gates, with people being turned away from sold-out theaters, the movie was not only the number one documentary, but, by one major statistic, broke into the top five listing of ALL movies.
By Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com
Who could have imagined?
Not only is Fahrenheit 9/11 the number one documentary, ever, but based on projected ticket sales for it's first weekend, the movie was the either top 5th or sixth movie ever, in terms of average gross per theater. Boxofficemojo.com predicted weekend sales of $21,800,000 for 868 theaters, averaging $25,115 per theater.
Since it was only shown in 868 theaters, it was highly unlikely that it could reach the total sales of the top fiction-based movies that were released, in their first weekend, in 3600+ to 4100+ theaters.
The top opening movie of all time was Spiderman, with $114,844,116, opening in 3,615 theaters with an average gross per theater of $31,768.
Titanic, the world's all-time top grossing film, had an opening Weekend gross of $28,638,131, opening in 2,674 theaters with an average gross per theater of $10,709 average)
The only movie that grossed in the same $20 to $25 million opening week range, that came close to Fahrenheit 9/11, was Return of the Jeddi (1983,) with $22,973, the rest in that dollar category ranging from $6800 to $15,000.
According to Brandon Gray, writing for Box Officemojo.com, "Fahrenheit is actually the biggest opening ever for a movie playing at less than 1,000 theaters, topping Rocky III's $12.4 million at 939 venues."
Here's a link at boxofficemojo.com to Opening Weekend Box office Stats for Top-Selling Movies of All Time
There were a number of factors that worked against Fahrenheit 9/11 from becoming the number one all-time top box office average movie.
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Fahrenheit 9/11 Box Office Reaches Top FIVE of All Movies Ever;
in spite of R-rating that many suggest was politically motivated and inappropriate, and storm trooper goons at the gates, with people being turned away from sold-out theaters, the movie was not only the number one documentary, but, by one major statistic, broke into the top five listing of ALL movies.
By Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com
Who could have imagined?
Not only is Fahrenheit 9/11 the number one documentary, ever, but based on projected ticket sales for it's first weekend, the movie was the either top 5th or sixth movie ever, in terms of average gross per theater. Boxofficemojo.com predicted weekend sales of $21,800,000 for 868 theaters, averaging $25,115 per theater.
Since it was only shown in 868 theaters, it was highly unlikely that it could reach the total sales of the top fiction-based movies that were released, in their first weekend, in 3600+ to 4100+ theaters.
The top opening movie of all time was Spiderman, with $114,844,116, opening in 3,615 theaters with an average gross per theater of $31,768.
Titanic, the world's all-time top grossing film, had an opening Weekend gross of $28,638,131, opening in 2,674 theaters with an average gross per theater of $10,709 average)
The only movie that grossed in the same $20 to $25 million opening week range, that came close to Fahrenheit 9/11, was Return of the Jeddi (1983,) with $22,973, the rest in that dollar category ranging from $6800 to $15,000.
According to Brandon Gray, writing for Box Officemojo.com, "Fahrenheit is actually the biggest opening ever for a movie playing at less than 1,000 theaters, topping Rocky III's $12.4 million at 939 venues."
Here's a link at boxofficemojo.com to Opening Weekend Box office Stats for Top-Selling Movies of All Time
There were a number of factors that worked against Fahrenheit 9/11 from becoming the number one all-time top box office average movie.
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