# Yep..people are staying away from FAHRENHEIT 9/11 in droves. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324 "2004-06-26T16:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/101 "2004-06-30T17:36:14Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > I re-watched The Big One a couple of days ago, and Moore’s final line in the movie was “One evil empire down, one to go.” > > And I got the impression he was only half joking. Sure, but with Moore, he draws a _very_ sharp distinction between the working-class Joe American regular citizen, and the “Powers That Be” who rule the country and run the corporations. That latter group (the haves) is the “evil empire” he’s talking about. Moore doesn’t hate America as much as he hates the elites who run it. And I suspect he wouldn’t hate the elites so much if they weren’t (in his view) screwing over the non-elites at every opportunity. If there’s one theme to everything he’s ever produced, this is it. ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/102 "2004-06-30T21:22:36Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Let me get this straight: You resent sharing citizenship with people who are opposed to _ignorance?_ > > Uh… Exactly what I was thinking. I think friend **Duffer** may need a lesson in reading comprehension. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/103 "2004-07-10T05:46:50Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Went to visit some friends stationed at Camp Zama (US Marine base just west of Tokyo) this weekend, and took their kids to the movie theater. Usually, the bases get the new movies well before they’re released in Japan, but for some reason _F 9/11_ hadn’t made it out there yet. It may just be that the film didn’t have a very broad release originally. According to the article on Moore in this week’s TIME: > [@](#): > > The Army and Air Force Exhange Service, which books films to be shown on military bases around the world, has contacted _Farenheit’s_ distributor to book the film. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/104 "2004-07-12T22:46:42Z")
I went yesterday and saw the film. Airman had no problems with that, aside from the fact that I spent six bucks to see it. So it was the money, not the principle of the thing. Robin ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/105 "2004-07-13T01:34:07Z")
I just saw it, packed theater of course. The applause at the end was moving to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/106 "2004-07-13T07:16:09Z")
As long as we’re reviving this thread, it’s worth noting that Moore has released [cites and references](http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/) for the facts he presents in the film. No discussion of the movie’s accuracy (or lack thereof) is complete without this, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/107 "2004-07-13T10:44:39Z")
It’s made $86,701,002 worldwide in 3 weeks. Who would have thought a Michael Moore documentary would make more money than a Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks movie? (The Terminal: $65,262,144 after 4 weeks) Its domestic total is $80,121,002 and it’s now playing in 2,011 theaters. It’s made an additional $6,580,000 overseas, but it just opened in 4 countries: Country Release Date Total Gross / As Of Belgium 7/8/04 $576,109 7/11/04 France 7/7/04 $3,700,000 7/11/04 Switzerland 7/8/04 $303,138 7/11/04 United Kingdom 7/2/04 $2,400,000 7/11/04 It will be opening in more countries and playing on more theaters in current countries in the coming weeks. [Box Office Mojo’s Fahrenheit 9/11 page](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fahrenheit911.htm) Yeah, people are sure staying away in droves. 😃😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324.md?page=5)