Expelled poised to become number 2 : Thoughts from Kansas

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Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is also a graduate student at the University of Kansas, completing a doctorate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. When not modeling species distributions or battling creationists, he writes about developments in progressive politics and the sciences.

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Expelled poised to become number 2

Category: Policy and Politics
Posted on: October 18, 2008 12:58 AM, by Josh Rosenau

Even as Expelled promotes itself as "the #1 Documentary of 2008," its box office take is being overtaken by Religulous (2008):

EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED Domestic Total Gross: $7,690,545 Widest Release: 1,052 theaters In Release: 56 days / 8 weeks

RELIGULOUS Domestic Total as of Oct. 16, 2008: $7,622,104 Widest Release: 568 theaters In Release: 16 days / 2.3 weeks

Note that Religulous did that with half the theaters and in 1/3 the time.

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Hmmm - must be all that, erm, framing, doncha' know. Now, if only someone would mock and ridicule creationists....

Posted by: Badger3k | October 18, 2008 1:59 AM

Damn - I meant "ID Creationists" - sorry, long day. On the plus side, I did have a student ask me "but why are there still monkeys". Apparently a teacher once told him that we (humans) were losing our pinkies since we didn't need them, but he didn't mention banana's or crocoducks, and was only vaguely familiar with the earth being "4,000 years old". He did seem curious, in a limited way, so there is hope.

Posted by: Badger3k | October 18, 2008 2:02 AM

Quite appropriate, since Expelled is full of "number two."

Posted by: James F | October 18, 2008 6:00 AM

But remember, Expelled was an astounding success, right?

Oh Nisbet & Mooney, eat your hearts out. Your little, petty, activist-wannabe hearts.

Posted by: Aerik | October 18, 2008 10:36 AM

This prediction has come true.

http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm