the Chronicles Movie

[erpowers]

The Today Show made a big deal that the Chronicles of Narniva took in about $67 million over the weekend. I did not watch the story The Today Show did about the movie, but they opened the show by mentioning that chronicles had been number 1 at the box office this weekend. Is this the biggest box office openning weekend for a movie? I to some degree believe The Today Show is making a bigger deal out of opening than they should. $67 million is a great number; however, this could be the biggest weekend for the movie. It is possible that next weekend and thereafter the movie could fall in the box office profits. So, did The Today Show make too much of a big deal over the weekend success of the movie are were they right to point out how big the movie opened.

[Orrex]

1. I wouldn't read too much into it

If the latest Reese Witherspoon vehicle had taken in $30 million in a weekend, they'd be crowing about that, instead.

They're just whores for box-office glitz.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Kong will crush Narnia

Actually, I'm not too upset about Narnia. It's a cool series, kids like it, and the "Christian" message is genteel High Anglican, not barking-monkey American Fundagelical.

I'm looking forward to King Kong, Syriana, Fun with Dick and Jane, and The Producers. Three remakes out of four, but those remakes are supposed to be pretty good.

I'll wait for the Narnia DVDs. I am not too keen on vorpal swords and talking elves and lions and orks and ents. Just not my style -- it's bad enough when a movie has Willis or Stallone talking in it. :)

--p!

[wryter2000]

7. Good to hear

It's a cool series, kids like it, and the "Christian" message is genteel High Anglican, not barking-monkey American Fundagelical.

I read the books as a kid and reread a couple of them a few years ago. They're Christian in the tradition I was raised in -- Episcopal, or as you put it, "genteel High Anglican." I'm glad they haven't freeped it up.

If it's the way you describe it, I wonder if it won't anger the Bible thumpers.

[SteppingRazor]

3. $67 million isn't even close to the biggest weekend...

In 2001, Spider-Man became the first film to do over $100 million in a weekend. Other films have since repeated the feat.

[AllegroRondo]

5. LOTR and the Star Wars films also did over $100 M opening weekend

I think the last Harry Potter film did too, and probably Shrek 2.

Still, $67 mil is pretty good.

[SteppingRazor]

8. Agree. $67M is a nice chunk of change...

I was just answering the question raised in the OP:

"Is this the biggest box office openning weekend for a movie? "

[LostinVA]

4. Very good movie.... n/t

[Enraged_Ape]

6. I saw it this weekend and I actually liked it

It was sort of a more kid-friendly "Lord of the Rings".

If the media is touting this film as some sort of Fundie-bait, then so be it. I, frankly, didn't find anything really Fundie-friendly in the whole movie. It DID espouse the values of forgiveness, faith, friendship, acceptance of others, and sacrifice, but since when were those ever the values of Fundamentalists?

[Quixote1818]

9. C.S. Lewis would have probably been a liberal Christian

He was Married to a Jewish Woman, was a freethinker for the most part and often questioned his beliefs. He was certainly no fundamentalist nut-case.