After a lot of hype from liberals about a strong opening, it looks like liberal Hollywood’s latest attack on the Bush administration is going to fail.
To the tune of millions in lost investment.
There’s been tremendous interest by the public in the box office fate of Oliver Stone’s W. for its second weekend in release. Well, it ran out of steam. QED International/Lionsgate’s Bush biopic sank 58% to No. 7 with a $5.3M weekend from 2,050 dates and new cume of $18.7M. The $30M negative cost film should end up with $23M domestic box office gross by the end of its North American run. That means, with a $25M P&A investment and Lionsgate’s distribution fees, the film won’t recoup.
And this is happening at a time when box office sales are up 35% over the previous year:
Overall, this was a great weekend for Hollywood at the box office with $136M, up 35% from last year.
At some point you’d think the Hollywood left would get it: The movie-going public generally isn’t interested in your insane hatred of Bush and all things conservative/Republican.