>This is not a commentary on the book, but an observation about the expected box office receipts.
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>I welcome being incorrect with this prediction. ;)
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>Here's a report:
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>According to online ticketing service Fandango, “Scream 4″ is scaring up 24% of ticket sales as of Thursday afternoon, with “Rio” only a shade behind at 23%. The indie adaptation of classic Ayn Rand tome “Atlas Shrugged,” from Rocky Mountain Pictures, bowing at 299 locations, surprisingly ranks third with 15% of the site’s advance ticket sales.
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>So...you're welcome :)
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>It will do well in the theater and will do extremely well in DVD sales...much to the chagrin of every snotty liberal in the country.

I'd say that report was terribly premature.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Atlas came in 14th with under 1.7mil in receipts. It only cost 10mil to make so it may make it up on the back end since it was such a limited release. This is hardly a ringing endorsement for the film and not a good omen for the sequels.

Did you see it? If so what did you think?