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I'll put on my Hollywood hat just for a minute so I can lead a chorus of righteous laughter at the colossal failure of the persecuted Hollywood conservatives behind An American Carol.
I'm sure Roark, Scott, Retail, etc. willingly put down their bucks to support this movie. C'mon guys, if you don't support it who will. And, you will just be left with more Kirk Cameron movies.
American Carol $3,810,000 (gross) 1,639 (screens) $2,325 (average)
Religulous $3,500,000 (gross) 502 (screens) $6,972 (average)
What does this tell us?
Both films were in their first week of release, which means that it's apples to apples. Both had the benefit of their opening week marketing pushes.
Note that Religulous, however, was on less than one third of the screens that American Carol was. Which means that An American Carol should by all rights have done three times the boxoffice of Religulous. But it didn't -- gross box office receipts were largely the same.
Now, if Religulous was on 3x more screens than AAC, you would see the conservatives screaming about how hollywood and the left is conspiring against them.
The per-screen average of Religulous was three times that of An American Carol. Three times as many people showed up in each theater to see it.
There's no way that the wingnuts can argue that their humor free comedy didn't get a good push.
Bottom line: Hollywood is in the business of making money. There's no conspiracy going on against conservatives. When moviegoers have to vote with their dollars, it's just that nobody wants to see their shit.
Also....i'll bet anyone here that O’Reilly & Co. will go with the barely larger gross, while ignoring the per-screen analysis. Proving, again, that he’s an idiot.
I'm sure Roark, Scott, Retail, etc. willingly put down their bucks to support this movie. C'mon guys, if you don't support it who will. And, you will just be left with more Kirk Cameron movies.
American Carol $3,810,000 (gross) 1,639 (screens) $2,325 (average)
Religulous $3,500,000 (gross) 502 (screens) $6,972 (average)
What does this tell us?
Both films were in their first week of release, which means that it's apples to apples. Both had the benefit of their opening week marketing pushes.
Note that Religulous, however, was on less than one third of the screens that American Carol was. Which means that An American Carol should by all rights have done three times the boxoffice of Religulous. But it didn't -- gross box office receipts were largely the same.
Now, if Religulous was on 3x more screens than AAC, you would see the conservatives screaming about how hollywood and the left is conspiring against them.
The per-screen average of Religulous was three times that of An American Carol. Three times as many people showed up in each theater to see it.
There's no way that the wingnuts can argue that their humor free comedy didn't get a good push.
Bottom line: Hollywood is in the business of making money. There's no conspiracy going on against conservatives. When moviegoers have to vote with their dollars, it's just that nobody wants to see their shit.
Also....i'll bet anyone here that O’Reilly & Co. will go with the barely larger gross, while ignoring the per-screen analysis. Proving, again, that he’s an idiot.
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