Expelled's Friday Night Box Office
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed made an estimated $1.2 million on its opening Friday night. It was only #14 in number of screens it was distributed to, but it was #8 in overall revenue, and #4 in per screen average. It seems to be on track to make about $3.5 million for the weekend, which would be 60% above expectations. Pretty good numbers for a documentary without major studio backing.
To highlight how impressive those results are, also keep in mind it wasn't released in every theater. It didn't show in my city, in fact it only showed in 1 theater within about 60 miles.
That movie was so powerful. It was the most powerful movie I ever seen. I recommend that everyone see it.
The evidence for evolutionary theory may not be as strong as you would be led to think by the media, the courts, the academy and Big Science. What's Big Science? Well, Big Science speaks for itself in this movie. Listen carefully. And then try not to laugh. Can anyone? Anyone?
Extraordinarily powerful and truthful movie. A major salvo in the battle for truth and freedom in the academy. Ben Stein has created nothing less than a cultural milestone.
I am looking forward to seeing the movie. As of yet, it isn't playing in my home town either, though we are making a weekend trip to an area that it is, so I might be able to see it while there.
I know from personal experience that the premise is accurate because this expulsion plays itself out in debate and discourse at the street level also. In the many debates I have participated in online, ID is simply scoffed at without any indication that it's antagonists are very willing to coprehend it in the first place.
That battle continues...
I have a question for Phil... is the level of sucess the movie is having going to mean it's being shown in more theatres in the future?
Great question. Publicist Paul Lauer at Motive Marketing told me, "Not yet. Lots of new movies coming out, and we're already on 1,000+, so holding for now and hoping for a good second weekend. Tell them all to get out there."
For whatever reason, Expelled is now showing in my location (unannounced). I saw it last night with only about 12 other people and I found that discouraging. However, it was as good as I expected. The Dawkins interview really captures the blindness of the 'scientific establishment'.
I also was struck by the fact that many have ridiculed the film for trying to make darwinism responsible for Nazi Germany. This is not the case... in his interview with Stein, David Berlinski makes it clear that neo-Darwinian views are not enough to create death camps. All it does is give scientific credulity to the idea. It is a logical outworking from the premise that not everyone follows. The critics are, once again, overreacting.
In my own debates on the subject (which go deeper than the movie) I am fascinated by the fact that the anti-theists DEMAND a mechanism to explain the appearance of life (by design), yet have no mechanism themselves. They vociferously contend that ID is not science, yet have no science to offer on the origin of species.
The emotionally charged attitude of the establishment is what discourages me. They are not going to be reasoned with as long as they are so emotionally driven. None of us are reasonable when in that kind of animal frenzy.
One atheist was leaving the film with his girlfriend last night and he was noticeably disturbed and upset. I didn't get into any debate with him. His girlfriend was desperately trying to get him in the car while being visibly embarrassed by his animated tryrade.
It's a great film, and more than 12 people need to see it...
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