Tracy P. Hamilton
Posts: 1239 Joined: May 2006
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Quote (Peter Henderson @ July 20 2009,17:21) | Was expelled really the turkey everyone on the Panda's Thumb has made it out to be ? Not according to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed
Quote | Expelled opened in 1,052 theaters, more than any other documentary before it, and grossed over $2,900,000 in its first weekend, the third biggest opening for a documentary. As of May 13, 2008 it had earned over $7 million, making it the twelfth-highest-grossing documentary film in the United States in nominal dollars, from 1982 to that date. In July, the movie was re-released allowing groups of 300 to book private screenings in theaters. |
That doesn't look like an absolute bumber to me. Guess I can't use that argument any more on the YEC discussion forums. Who gets the profits ? Is it the Discovery Institute ? |
Cost to make this movie and advertise it? Not much information specified. IMDB estimates 3.5 million just for production.
Domestic Total Gross: $7,720,487 from box office mojo.
Compare to Religulous $13,011,160 gross, estimated 2.5 million to make.
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