fahrenheit 9/11 sets record
associated press reports this morning that michael moore's cannes film festival-winning fahrenheit 9/11 grossed us$23.9 million in its first weekend at cinemas round the US, a record debut for a documentary and the first time a nonfiction film opened at the top of the box office. and including its receipts from two new york city theatres where the movie opened wednesday, two days ahead of the rest of the country, fahrenheit 9/11 had taken in $24.1 million. that made the film the top-grossing documentary ever, aside from concert films and movies made for imax theatres. it took the previous record-holder, moore's academy award-winning bowling for columbine nine months to amass its $21.6 million take.moore is quoted as saying he did not know whether the film would affect the outcome of the november presidential election but that he hoped it would encourage more people to head to the polls. and i say that once they do, they best not commit the shameful and reprehensible act of voting wrongly...
source: grand forks herald.
