Conservative logic: "Fahrenheit 9/11" a failure

[scottcsmith]

Since I'm always looking for trouble, I frequent various right-wing message boards (although my accounts get banned for some strange reason).

One topic of conversation has been how Spiderman 2 is kicking the ass of Fahrenheit 9/11, and the implication is, I believe, that Americans are now rejecting Moore's "propaganda."

The comparison is irrelevant for a number of reasons. One film is a standard Hollywood summer blockbuster, the other a modestly budgeted documentary.

Spiderman 2's budget was $200,000,000.
Fahrenheit 9/11's budget was $6,000,000.

Spiderman 2 opened in 4152 theaters. It's opening weekend gross was $115.8 million.
Fahrenheit 9/11 opened in 868 theaters. It's opening weekend gross was $23.9 million.

On its opening weekend, Spiderman 2 brought in an average of $27,894 per theater.
On its opening weekend, Fahrenheit 9/11 brought in an average of $27,558 per theater.

As of Friday, July 9, according to Box Office Mojo, Spiderman 2 had earned $225 million, playing at 4166 theaters.

As of Friday, July 9, according to Box Office Mojo, Fahrenheit 9/11 had earned nearly $73 million, playing at only 2011 theaters.

Right now, by any account, Fahrenheit 9/11 is the big winner. It's earned back over ten times what it cost to make. Spiderman 2, on the other hand, has only barely broke even, and perhaps less, as Sony spent a lot of money advertising the film.

So, as right-wingers react with glee that Moore's film is somehow a failure, they need only look at the box-office receipts to see that, as usual, they're wrong.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. You lost me at "conservative logic"....

....I don't believe in the tooth fairy either.

[opihimoimoi]

2. They ain't got no Logic.... just a whole shit load of Delusion is all

[meegbear]

3. I think the fact that a $6M film grosses ~$73M ...

that's a success no matter how you slice it.

[scottcsmith]

4. Yep. It's all profit at this point.

I hope Mike is laughing all the way to the bank.

Also, I should have added, I enjoyed Spiderman 2 a lot. Great movie. One of the best "superhero" films, too, and the CGI technology used to show Spidey web slinging around New York just gets better and better. Just look at some of Pixar's early movies, like Toy Story, and compare it with Monster's Inc.,to see how the technology has evolved.