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Sunday, July 11, 2004

NEWS: first week of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" 

[Via Michael Moore's website]

wow, unbeliveable great start of the Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival.

  • More people saw "Fahrenheit 9/11" in one weekend than all the people who saw "Bowling for Columbine" in 9 months.

  • "Fahrenheit 9/11" broke "Rocky III’s" record for the biggest box office opening weekend ever for any film that opened in less than a thousand theaters.

  • "Fahrenheit 9/11" beat the opening weekend of "Return of the Jedi."

  • "Fahrenheit 9/11" instantly went to #2 on the all-time list for largest per-theater average ever for a film that opened in wide-release.


  • How about Letterman’s Top Ten List: “Top Ten George W. Bush Complaints About 'Fahrenheit 9/11'":

    10. That actor who played the President was totally unconvincing
    9. It oversimplified the way I stole the election
    8. Too many of them fancy college-boy words
    7. If Michael Moore had waited a few months, he could have included the part where I get him deported
    6. Didn't have one of them hilarious monkeys who smoke cigarettes and gives people the finger
    5. Of all Michael Moore's accusations, only 97% are true
    4. Not sure - - I passed out after a piece of popcorn lodged in my windpipe
    3. Where the hell was Spider-man?
    2. Couldn't hear most of the movie over Cheney's foul mouth
    1. I thought this was supposed to be about dodgeball


    The start of the Moore's documentary is also very good in France ;-)