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.
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.
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
Yeah, people are sure staying away in droves.
