Topic: Most Impressive Box Office Performance

[Lilie]

I just got this in my inbox from Box Office Mojo. I thought I'd share.

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2012&p=l.htm

I hope it's in the right forum.

[ethan]

Thanks, Lilie. It is great.

I especially like this one

Brokeback Mountain - $73 million (and counting) . GO BBM!

[*Froggy*]

I love that it's number one..am also happy about March of The Penguins!!

1. Brokeback Mountain - $73 million (and counting)
The gay cowboy gimmick brought Ang Lee's repressed romance to the dance, but Focus Features' marketing and distribution savvy made it an irrepressible success. More than just a movie of the moment, this picture resonated after posting the biggest per theater average for a live action movie on record, and it played well outside of the big cities, making more than most Westerns and gay movies ever do. What at first looked like a picture that needed Academy Award nominations to find an audience turned into a cultural phenomenon, generating far more talk than its gross would imply.

2. March of the Penguins - $77.4 million
Animals in the wild have always been staples of documentaries, particularly on television, but this picture took it to an unprecedented level, becoming the second-highest grossing documentary ever and making nearly seven times as much as the next biggest nature documentary. Cutting arguably the best trailer of the year, distributor Warner Independent Pictures timed its release pattern perfectly, taking advantage of a hole in the late summer schedule.

[Lilie]

I've not seen March on the Penguins yet, but I will, soon, hopefully.

Thanks, Lilie. It is great.

No problem.