Well, I guess we don't have to worry about yearly showings of The Passion

LynneSin

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:22 PM
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Well, I guess we don't have to worry about yearly showings of The Passion

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-03-14/#film3

If it hadn't been for Vin Diesel, Robots would have overrun the box office over the weekend. Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature debuted with an estimated $36.5 million, but analysts agreed that it would have taken in a good deal more if it had not been forced to compete with Diesel's hit family flick The Pacifier, which earned some $18.1 million, down about 40 percent from last week. In 10 days, the movie has grossed $54.4 million. The John Travolta starrer Be Cool dropped 56 percent from its debut weekend last week to place third with $10.3 million, placing it just ahead of the premiering Hostage, starring Bruce Willis, which took in $9.8 million. Perhaps the biggest disappointment was the poor showing of the toned-down version of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which opened in about 1,000 virtually empty theaters with just $239,850. That works out to an average of 10 tickets sold per theater per day. By contrast, the indie film Millions from director Danny Boyle grossed $73,000 in its debut in just 5 theaters.

I have a feeling that this movie ain't coming out on a yearly basis. I mean, what movie theater wants to waste spce on a movie that sold 10 tickets per theater per day :eyes:

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papau

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:26 PM
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1. So it was the Porn S&M that soild Gibson's "Passion"? Does Mel Gibson

now agree that he is a porn maker?

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Shredr

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:27 PM
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2. Ouch!

10 seats per theatre, per day? That really must hurt.

Who thought a "toned-down" version of that film was a good idea in the first place?

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LynneSin

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:29 PM
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4. They seriously were testing it out to make it a yearly release

in the theaters. I guess their hope was that Christians will make pilgrimages to see the film just like Muslims try to make pilgrimages to Mecca.

Except Mecca isn't so manufactured snuff film packaged as a religious flick

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Shredr

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:31 PM
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5. Wow! I don't know if that's...

Frightening, hilarious or pathetic. I'm just glad it didn't work.

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Dogmudgeon

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:28 PM
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3. "Passion Lite"

Great Taste -- Less Filling.

And Twins!

--p!

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peekaloo

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:32 PM
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6. How does one go about "toning down" a crucifixion?

call Jesus bad names and taunt him about his mother unmercifully?

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Liberal Veteran

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:35 PM
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7. "The Really Strong Notion of the Christ"?

:shrug:

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peekaloo

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Mon Mar-14-05 03:38 PM
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8. LOL

ex-cellent!

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