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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 11/12/05 15:55
In article <1130371787.227909.23600@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
Jordan <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote:
>They go where the money is and the money is with PG-13 right now.
>
>Top 20 this year:
>
>1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577 PG-13
>2 War of the Worlds $234,061,527 PG-13
>3 Wedding Crashers $207,823,254 R
>4 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $205,698,689 PG
>5 Batman Begins $205,328,644 PG-13
>6 Madagascar $193,202,933 4,142 PG
>7 Mr. & Mrs. Smith $186,171,803 PG-13
>8 Hitch $179,495,555 PG-13
>9 The Longest Yard $158,119,460 PG-13
>10 Fantastic Four $154,494,641 PG-13
>11 Robots $128,200,012 PG
>12 The Pacifier $113,086,868 PG
>13 The 40-Year-Old Virgin $107,107,318 R
>14 Monster-in-Law $82,931,301 PG-13
>15 Are We There Yet? $82,531,160 PG
>16 The Dukes of Hazzard $80,254,591 PG-13
>17 Flightplan $77,908,277 PG-13
>18 March of the Penguins $76,246,657 G
>19 The Ring Two $76,231,249 PG-13
>20 Constantine $75,567,648 R
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>So, out of the top 20...
>1 - G rated
>3 - R-rated
>5 - PG-rated
>11 - PG-13
The G rated film - March Of The Penguins - was sort of surprise
hit. And it's a documentary. Very seldom does a documentary -
a real documentary - become truly popular. It had already finished
it's inital run in France - where it made back the cost of the film
- before it ever made it over here to the left side of the pond.
It's rare for any film to take in 10 times it's production cost.
And even more so for documentaries.
If you look at the documentary catgory on IMDB you willsee that the
largest majority of documentaries are TV programs.
Penguins was a true film documentary - in the same way the original
films such as Nanoock and Grass were.
--
Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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