All the fuse over this??

So the Golden Compass is bombing thus far (see this weekend’s chart). The movie cost upwards of 600mil to make. Although its third this week, only 8 Mil after around 26 in the opening weekend is a really bad sign for the movie. Good movies don’t lose that much steam no matter what other box-office hits come out… It’s still early, so if it stays steady then the rest of the trilogy may be made. But if it doesn’t recover or do really well in DVD sales, the more “dangerous” 2nd and 3rd books won’t have near the impact Pullman was hoping for. Of course, we still have Christmas which is a big movie day.

So perhaps the Christian boycott emails worked, or it’s just not that good of a film, or God is bigger than a creative atheist/agnostic (i’ve seen conflicting reports from Pullman himself as to what he considers himself… “confused” is a good label).