I open up my browser to check my email, and this headline caught my eye. :wtf: I say to myself, I hadn't heard about any Jimmy Carter movies coming out.
So I click through to the
story, and this is what I see.
Another :wtf: moment, and I click back to make sure I didn't hit the wrong URL by mistake. Nope, that is what I clicked on. I skim through the article, and don't see anything about Carter. OK, search for 'Carter'. Wait, here it is! Buried at the very, very, end:
A high-profile documentary, Sony Pictures Classics' "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains," had a poor debut, taking in just $10,573 at seven theaters. The film from director Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs") follows the former president during a tour to promote his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Saw IV," $32.1 million.
2. "Dan in Real Life," $12.1 million.
3. "30 Days of Night," $6.7 million.
4. "The Game Plan," $6.3 million.
5. "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?", $5.7 million.
6. "Michael Clayton," $5 million.
7. "Gone Baby Gone," $3.9 million.
8. "The Comebacks," $3.45 million.
9. "We Own the Night," $3.4 million.
10. "Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas," $3.35 million.
(emphasis mine)
:wow:
Seven whole theaters? For a "high-profile" movie? That has had NO exposure or advertising that I've seen? Yep, that certainly qualifies for a front page headline screaming that a Jimmy Carter movie has bombed the box office. :sarcasm: Darn that pesky liberal media anyway!