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2018-09-23 Home Front: Culture Wars

Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Film Falls Flat At The Box Office

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Posted by Raj 2018-09-23 10:22|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 ...The nice folks at Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com) have a handy list of all the money Jabba the Moore's films have made. Being the awesome guy I am, I'll save you all a trip.

He has directed ten movies.

His lifetime gross total as of today is $192,296,029.00. Sounds pretty impressive, no?

Well, it shouldn't. In the 29 years he's been inflicting his talent on us, three of those movies never got out of six figures. Six of them opened in fewer than 500 theaters. And quite frankly, if you transferred those lifetime earnings to the opening weekend of any given summer blockbuster, the producers and whoever greenlit it would be looking for work.

I don't know who's financing him, but it would be interesting to find out.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-09-23 11:14|| 2018-09-23 11:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Goodness. That certainly explains his wardrobe...

Posted by trailing wife 2018-09-23 12:32|| 2018-09-23 12:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't he say he would move to Canada if his movie fell flat, or was I dreaming?

Posted by gorb 2018-09-23 17:48|| 2018-09-23 17:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The moving costs "were excessive" his agent said

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-23 18:58|| 2018-09-23 18:58|| Front Page Top

#5 re #3: What makes you think that Canada would take him in? If we did let him in, what makes you think he would survive for long?

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2018-09-23 19:31|| 2018-09-23 19:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike, I don't understand the movie biz very well. 192M gross means about how much in profits?

I gather that producers use extremely creative accounting, so I understand if there's no easy translation.

Even 5% would not be shabby at all--from my perspective.

Posted by james 2018-09-23 22:00|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-09-23 22:00|| Front Page Top

#7 The Variety review is unintentionally amusing:

How Michael Moore Lost His Audience

The fabled documentary muckraker keeps doing films with his trademark fusion of snark and liberal warning. Maybe it's time for him to mix it up.

“Fahrenheit 11/9,” his scathing riff on the administration of Donald J. Trump, will be lucky to gross one-tenth of what “Fahrenheit 9/11” did. That’s more than just a staggering comedown. It symbolizes a couple of things at once: how different the two eras are, but also how Michael Moore’s audience — there’s no other way to put it — has gradually drifted away. It symbolizes that Moore is no longer defining the dialogue. A Trump-era conservative would probably say, “It’s about time! Michael Moore has lied so much that it’s all finally caught up with him.” A Trump-era liberal would probably say, “I still agree with him, but I’ve seen enough Michael Moore movies. I know his message already.”

There are elements to be heeded in both those statements (even as a Moore believer, I’ve been troubled, on occasion, by his willingness to bend the truth to make a larger point). But the question of why Moore’s films are no longer connecting with the public in a major way has a meaning beyond the standard left/right dialectics. It’s about a problem that Moore may be able to solve, but if so, he’s going to have to rethink what he does. Not the content but the execution. Because as much as I remain a fan of Moore’s (I thought the cumulative effect of “Fahrenheit 11/9” was chilling), what he’s doing now is not, in the fullest sense, working. He needs to decide if he wants to rectify that.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-09-23 23:18|| 2018-09-23 23:18|| Front Page Top

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