'Fahrenheit 9/11' Takes $2.4M in Britain (more records broke)

[Khephra]

LONDON -- Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" broke the British box office record for a documentary in its opening weekend by taking $2.4 million, the film's British distributor said Monday.

The film -- a vitriolic assault on President George W. Bush over the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq war -- opened Friday on 132 British screens and has received standing ovations from audiences.

Distribution company Optimum Releasing said the previous opening weekend record for a documentary was set by Moore's "Bowling for Columbine," which took $292,300 in its first three days.

The early success of "Fahrenheit 9/11" meant it was likely to become the biggest grossing documentary ever in Britain. The record is held by the 2003 mountaineering film "Touching the Void," which took $4.77 million.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-britain-fahrenheit-911,0,7244980.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines

And how is it doing here in the USA?

"Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" was a healthy holdover in its third weekend, at No. 4 with $11 million and raising its total to $80.1 million. Moore's assault on President Bush over the Sept. 11 attacks, "Fahrenheit 9/11" appears headed beyond $100 million, which would make it the first documentary to cross that mark."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-box-office,0,2712744.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines

[Khephra]

1. kick

[Spazito]

2. This is great news! I am not surprised...

and I suspect it will be a record breaker in many countries! Way to go Michael Moore!

[treepig]

3. that is good!

and they don't even mention how much it made in the native british currency, with which most people over there would be expected to pay.