I noticed that our local theatre had Expelled playing only for about a day or two and then it was gone. Fortunately it didn’t get much interest around here. Anyone have any idea how it did in other parts of the country. Any ticket sales figures?

I’m told that our local theatre was nearly empty last Wednesday evening. Looks like the public didn’t buy it this time.

PLaClair - 27 April 2008 04:36 PM

I’m told that our local theatre was nearly empty last Wednesday evening. Looks like the public didn’t buy it this time.

Maybe there is intelligent life on this planet after all.

The only other newcomer in the Top 10 was conservative commentator Ben Stein’s documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed which makes the intelligent design argument. Playing in 1,052 theaters, the pic distributed by Rocky Mountain Pictures fell over the weekend from 8th to 10th place after earning $1.2M Friday and $989K Saturday for a $2.9M weekend. But the per screen average for Friday was a low $1,145 and for Saturday $940 (and $2,830 for the entire weekend), showing there wasn’t much pent-up demand for the film despite an aggressive publicity campaign on right-wing media. So much for the conservative argument that people would flock to films not representing the “agenda of liberal Hollywood”. (Just for comparison purposes: left-wing Michael Moore’s most recent Sicko did $4.4 mil its opening weekend from only 441 theaters, and his Fahrenheit 9/11 did $23.9M its opening weekend from 868 venues.)

Found on a blog by googling HERE

fotobits - 27 April 2008 07:33 PM

PLaClair - 27 April 2008 04:36 PM

I’m told that our local theatre was nearly empty last Wednesday evening. Looks like the public didn’t buy it this time.

Maybe there is intelligent life on this planet after all.

But is there enough? How much intelligence is required to offset a bit of stupid? A 1:1 ratio is insufficient.

Mike Huckabee promotes Expelled.