Posted by
JP on Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:03:36 AM
by Kristen Fyfe [critic]
Anti-God mockumentary beaten out by movies about faith, love, patriotism … and Chihuahuas.
A culture war of sorts played out this weekend at the box office, and
liberal comedian Bill Maher’s in-your-face assault on religious faith
lost. Despite heavy promotion from a fawning media establishment, Maher’s film Religulous came in a disappointing No. 10 in its opening weekend.
One would expect that a “niche” film like Religulous couldn’t compete head-to-head with a Disney release, and that’s just what happened. Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua cleaned up with a weekend box office gross of $29 million.
But Religulous also lost out - soundly - to another niche film [more @ ExileStreet]