Over the weekend, the film "Promised Land" opened to a wide audience. It played in almost 1700 theaters, and it grossed figures that were so low as to be embarassing. Remember, "Promised Land" stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski who generally are big box office draws. The problem is that the film is all about the evils of hydrofracking and how it is supposedly going to destroy wide swaths of America while contributing to Global Warming. In other words, "Promised Land" comes right out of the far left playbook of a Hollywood that actually believes such nonsense. In a victory for America, however, no one went to see the film and it will likely just fade into oblivion.
Remember a few years back when Hollywood released a series of films depicting how America was brutalizing various groups of Muslims in the Middle East? They all failed. Remember how, at the same time, Hollywood released films that accused the government of torturing both terrorists and even some American citizens? Those failed too. Don't misunderstand me. These films were not met with lukewarm viewership; not a single one even came close to earning half of what they cost to make. "Promised Land" seems likely to perform even worse than these earlier films.
By way of contrast, you should know that "Zero Dark Thirty" was also playing in a small group of theaters last weekend. Zero grossed more than twenty times as much per theater as "Promised Land"; it was by far the biggest hit that played last weekend. Remember, "Zero Dark Thirty" includes scenes that make clear that the use of water boarding on terrorists at Guantanamo led to information the in turn led to the death of Osama bin Laden. The link is made so obvious that some Democrats in Washington protested that the film was misleading in that it indicated that waterboarding was successful. That, my friends, is the film that the audience went to see.
Remember a few years back when Hollywood released a series of films depicting how America was brutalizing various groups of Muslims in the Middle East? They all failed. Remember how, at the same time, Hollywood released films that accused the government of torturing both terrorists and even some American citizens? Those failed too. Don't misunderstand me. These films were not met with lukewarm viewership; not a single one even came close to earning half of what they cost to make. "Promised Land" seems likely to perform even worse than these earlier films.
By way of contrast, you should know that "Zero Dark Thirty" was also playing in a small group of theaters last weekend. Zero grossed more than twenty times as much per theater as "Promised Land"; it was by far the biggest hit that played last weekend. Remember, "Zero Dark Thirty" includes scenes that make clear that the use of water boarding on terrorists at Guantanamo led to information the in turn led to the death of Osama bin Laden. The link is made so obvious that some Democrats in Washington protested that the film was misleading in that it indicated that waterboarding was successful. That, my friends, is the film that the audience went to see.
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