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Updated: 2004-06-30 01:00

'Fahrenheit 9/11' sets documentary record

《华氏911》刷新纪录片票房记录

'Fahrenheit 9/11' sets documentary recordMichael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" took in a whopping .8 million in its first three days, becoming the first documentary ever to debut as Hollywood's top weekend film.

If Sunday's estimates hold when final numbers are released Monday, "Fahrenheit 9/11" would set a record in a single weekend as thetop-grossingdocumentary ever outside of concert films and movies made for huge-screenIMAXtheaters.

Adding the film'shaulat two New York City theaters where it opened two days earlier than the rest of the country, boosted "Fahrenheit 9/11" to .96 million.

"Bowling for Columbine," Moore's 2002 Academy Award-winning documentary, previously held the documentary record with .6 million.

"Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore's assault on US President Bush's actions after the 2001 terrorist attacks, won the top honor at last month's Cannes Film Festival and has attracted attention from both sides in the US presidential campaign.

The movie has been embraced by left-wing groups, which mobilized members to see it during the opening weekend. Conservative groups sought to discourage theaters from showing it and asked the Federal Election Commission to examine its ads for potential violations of campaign-finance law regulating when commercials may feature a presidential candidate.

"I want to thank all the right-wing organizations out there who tried to stop the film, either from their harassment campaign that didn't work on the theater owners, or going to theFECto get our ads removed from television, to all the things that have been said on television," Moore said. "It's only encouraged more people to go and see it."

"Fahrenheit 9/11" opened in 868 theaters, a wide release for a documentary but narrow compared to big Hollywoodflicks.

Distributors Lions Gate and IFC Films plan to put "Fahrenheit 9/11" into a couple of hundred more theaters this Wednesday, when competition heats up with the release of "Spider-Man 2," summer's most-anticipated movie.

(Agencies)

美国导演迈克尔·摩尔的纪录片《华氏911》上映头三天的票房收入就达到惊人的2180万美元,成为第一部首映即登上好莱坞周末电影排行榜榜首的记录片。

如果周一公布的最终收入正如周日所预计的那样,《华氏911》将创造记录,成为除了音乐片和超大屏幕电影之外单周周末票房最高的纪录片。

该片在纽约两家影院的上映时间比全美其他地方提前两天,加上这两家影院的票房收入,《华氏911》的票房已经达到2196万美元。

摩尔的作品《科隆拜恩的保龄》曾获得2002年奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖。在此之前,该片保持着2160万美元的纪录片票房纪录。

摩尔在《华氏911》中抨击2001年恐怖袭击后美国总统布什的行为。该片赢得了上个月举行的戛纳电影节的最高荣誉金棕榈奖,同时也吸引了美国总统竞选双方的注意。

左翼团体大力支持这部影片并动员组织成员在首映周末观看该片。而保守团体则力求阻止影院放映该片,并请求联邦选举委员会调查其广告是否在影射一位总统候选人时有可能违反了竞选经费筹集法的规定。

摩尔说:“我要感谢右翼组织为阻止放映这部电影所做的一切,不管是对电影院老板的骚扰活动没有得逞,还是游说联邦选举委员会删除我们的电视广告,到他们在电视上所讲的一切。这只会促使更多的人去观看这部电影。”


《华氏911》在868家影院上映,对于纪录片来说,发行规模相当大了,但是与好莱坞大片相比范围仍然很窄。

发行商莱昂·盖特和独立电影发行公司IFC计划本周三在两百多家影院上映《华氏911》。届时,夏季最令人期待的影片《蜘蛛侠2》将公开上映,竞争会更加激烈。

top-grossing:票房收入最高的
IMAX:超大屏幕
haul:票房收入
FEC:联邦选举委员会
flick:电影

(中国日报网站译)

 
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