Powerline – Still Clueless

11:06 pm EST June 28th, 2006 | Politics | 9 Comments

Earlier this week when I took a swipe at one of the Powerline boys, some of you complained that I was just lashing out at them. But it’s beyond absurd that the mainstream press treats a bunch of yahoos who are wrong on everything like a bunch of acceptable figures to be listened to. Case in point: Powerline claims that An Inconvenient Truth has lost steam, when in fact its box office take has increased every week of its release.

Look, I know conservatives are not a fan of meritocracy versus an entrenched aristocracy but 1+1 will never ever equal 3 no matter how much Republicans want it to be that way. (via August who has coined a new law)

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9 Responses to “Powerline – Still Clueless”

  1. Frank_D says:
    June 29, 2006 at 12:06 am

    Do think it matters that UPI and PowerLine are recording ticket sales for whole weeks, while Deltoid is reporting weekends only?
    Just wondering…

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    June 29, 2006 at 1:06 am

    Unless its a holiday release (like X-Men and Superman this year), the amount of money made Monday-Friday is usually negligble. The weekend is what matters. Look, nobody is arguing that Inconvenient is a $300 million blockbuster, but its no flop either.

  3. factcheck says:
    June 29, 2006 at 8:06 am

    It’s such a non issue- every movie performs better in the first week than in subsequent weeks.

    If that’s all they’ve got to smear Al Gore….

  4. factcheck says:
    June 29, 2006 at 8:06 am

    OMG this is HUGH!!!!!!

    Omen II box office plummets!
    http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=omen666.htm

    These number for the Davinci code prove that the world is finally rejecting the movies anti-Christian message. Look at that box office dip!
    http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=davincicode.htm

    Assrocket should stick to opining on things he knows something about. Which is….. I’ll have to get back to you on that.

  5. SaveFarris says:
    June 29, 2006 at 8:06 am

    Since he wasn’t talking about grosses, but per screen averages (which is what the Gore-ites were using to classify AIT as a runaway hit), I don’t find powerline’s post out of line in the least.

  6. Marty says:
    June 29, 2006 at 9:06 am

    Sorry guys- you are talking about apples and oranges. Movie in limited release with lots of hype does good numbers in the beginning on limited number of screens. But per theatre average drops dramatically as it goes into wide release even as the weekly gross continues to rise. That probably wouldn’t classify it as a “runaway hit” but hey- if you think it helps to call it one, by all means, be excited about it.

    It’s all about the number and capacity of theatres. While it’s far from being a runaway hit, it isn’t a complete flop either (especially for a political documentary.)

  7. Marty says:
    June 29, 2006 at 9:06 am

    According to the preliminary figures used to devise this week’s indieWire Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT), the Paramount Classics release directed by Davis Guggenheim finished first with a $91,828 per-theater average at four locations in New York and Los Angeles.

    On four screens in New York and Los Angeles. Wow. I know it would be tough to find enough who would be excited about Al Gore in New York or Los Angeles to fill four whole screens to see him in a film about global warming. Where DID they find all those people? [remove toungue from cheek]
    Meanwhile, in other news- the economy zips along. Damn those devastating tax cuts.

  8. JSA says:
    June 29, 2006 at 1:06 pm

    “Meanwhile, in other news- the economy zips along. Damn those devastating tax cuts.”

    This is a little off topic, but this is the second link to this report I’ve seen.

    The 5.6% growth sited in the report is for the first quarter of this year – January through March. This is impressive. But the report continues:

    “Fresher barometers, however, suggest the economy is shifting into a lower gear in the current quarter.

    In a separate report, the Labor Department said that new claims filed for unemployment benefits last week rose by 4,000 to 313,000  a bit more than economists were expecting.

    Economists predict that economic growth in the April-to-June quarter probably slowed to a pace of around 2.5 percent to 3 percent. High energy prices and a more moderate housing market will play roles in the expected slowdown in overall economic activity.

    If that turns out to be the case, the economy will have registered a seesaw-like pattern of growth in the last few quarters.

    The opening quarter’s energetic performance followed a lethargic showing in the closing quarter of 2005 when the economy grew by a feeble 1.7 percent pace. Fallout from the Gulf Coast hurricanes, including high energy prices, prompted belt tightening by people and businesses.”

  9. TomY says:
    June 29, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    It’s a YOYO economy: when you look at the middle class, it’s not a pretty picture despite the positive macro outlook. But that’s the result of Bush’s “You’re On Your Own” America. We’re all just one firing/layoff/health disaster away from having our families bankrupted.