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==Release== |
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The film was given a [[wide release]] on July 2. It finished #11 in the weekend box office for July 4 through 6 grossing $2,743,753<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=27&p=.htm Weekend Box Office Results for July 4–6, 2014 – Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> for a total gross of $5,352,705 after its opening weekend in wide release.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm America (2014) (2014) – Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film did not perform as well as D'Souza's earlier film ''[[2016: Obama's America]]'',<ref>[http://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america/ Dinesh D'Souza's Doc America Can't Match Box Office Lightning Of His 2016 Obama's America] ''The Wrap.com''</ref> but by its second weekend of wide release it had become the seventh highest grossing political documentary of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary – Political|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=politicaldoc.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref> |
The film was given a [[wide release]] on July 2. It finished #11 in the weekend box office for July 4 through 6 grossing $2,743,753<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=27&p=.htm Weekend Box Office Results for July 4–6, 2014 – Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> for a total gross of $5,352,705 after its opening weekend in wide release.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm America (2014) (2014) – Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film did not perform as well as D'Souza's earlier film ''[[2016: Obama's America]]'',<ref>[http://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america/ Dinesh D'Souza's Doc America Can't Match Box Office Lightning Of His 2016 Obama's America] ''The Wrap.com''</ref> but by its second weekend of wide release it had become the seventh highest grossing political documentary of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary – Political|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=politicaldoc.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref> In what [[Box Office Mojo]] writer Ray Suber described as a "fantastic hold", its box office receipts only declined by 12.8% in its second wide release weekend from its opening weekend, while the number of screens the movie was shown on was unchanged at 1,105.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Subers|first1=Ray|title=Weekend Report: 'Apes' Goes Bananas|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3873&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=27 July 2014|date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> It dropped one place to #12 in the box office and increased its total gross to $8,211,791.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=28&p=.htm Weekend Box Office Results for July 11–13, 2014 – Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In its third weekend in wide release it retained its #12 ranking, with the number of screens dropping to 1,030 and a 29.9% drop in box office receipts. Its total gross increased to $11,421,052.<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=29&p=.htm Weekend Box Office Results for July 18–20, 2014 – Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The number of screens dropped considerably in its fourth weekend to 760.<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=30&p=.htm</ref> |
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==Critical response== |
==Critical response== |
Revision as of 17:48, 27 July 2014
America | |
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Directed by | Dinesh D'Souza John Sullivan |
Written by | Dinesh D'Souza John Sullivan Bruce Schooley |
Produced by | Dinesh D'Souza Gerald R. Molen |
Starring | Dinesh D'Souza |
Edited by | Dinesh D'Souza |
Music by | Bryan E. Miller |
Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $13,214,000[1] |
America is a 2014 American documentary film based on a book by Dinesh D'Souza exploring his concept of what the world might look like without America and critically examining some of the frequent rhetorical complaints about the country.[2] D'Souza was executive producer and co-directed with John Sullivan. Gerald R. Molen also produced.[3]
Synopsis
Setting the stage for a presentation of their views, D'Souza and Sullivan provide an alternate history in which George Washington is killed during the Revolutionary War.[4]
Cast
- Dinesh D'Souza – himself
- Don Taylor – President Abraham Lincoln
- Michelle Swink – Mary Todd Lincoln
- Josh Bonzie – Frederick Douglass
- Janitta Swain – Madame C. J. Walker
- Rett Terrell – Alexis de Toqueville
- Russell W. Reed – Actor at Ford's Theatre
- John Koopman – George Washington
- Tina Fortune – Hispanic worker
- Casey Allen – Crew member
- Rodney Luis Aquino – Hernan Cortes
- Joey Arguello – East Indian
- Michael D. Arite – Major Henry Rathbone
- Oscar Azul – Officer
- Andrew Baker – Lucayan Indian
- Chad Baker – Gustave de Beaumont
- Katy Baker – Audience member at Lincoln-Douglas debate
- Diana Baracaldo – Lucayan Indian
- Mateo Baracaldo – Lucayan Indian
- Chris Barber – Middle Eastern Sheik
- Crystal Barragan – East Indian Lucayan Indian
- Brian Rubright – Priest
- Rich Bentz – Saul D. Alinsky
Release
The film was given a wide release on July 2. It finished #11 in the weekend box office for July 4 through 6 grossing $2,743,753[5] for a total gross of $5,352,705 after its opening weekend in wide release.[6] The film did not perform as well as D'Souza's earlier film 2016: Obama's America,[7] but by its second weekend of wide release it had become the seventh highest grossing political documentary of all time.[8] In what Box Office Mojo writer Ray Suber described as a "fantastic hold", its box office receipts only declined by 12.8% in its second wide release weekend from its opening weekend, while the number of screens the movie was shown on was unchanged at 1,105.[9] It dropped one place to #12 in the box office and increased its total gross to $8,211,791.[10] In its third weekend in wide release it retained its #12 ranking, with the number of screens dropping to 1,030 and a 29.9% drop in box office receipts. Its total gross increased to $11,421,052.[11] The number of screens dropped considerably in its fourth weekend to 760.[12]
Critical response
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes listed the film as receiving a 9% approval rating, based on a count of 22 reviews; the general consensus states: "Passionate but poorly constructed, America preaches to the choir."[13] On the review aggregator Metacritic, the film has a score of 14 out of 100, based on 11 critics (indicating "overwhelming dislike").[14] A reviewer at RogerEbert.com gave the film one star, writing "[The film] looks terrible, it plods along with all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation, the occasional dramatic recreations are exceptionally cheesy and the interview footage is so needlessly over-edited that you get the feeling that something may have gotten changed around in the cutting room."[15]
Other responses
Jim Gaines of Reuters recommended against watching the film, writing: "...America the movie exemplifies everything that's wrong about the American political conversation these days, rich with examples from both left and right."[16] Gerald R. Molen responded: "I'm used to having my movies critiqued, but to have a reporter actually tell people not to attend a movie is a first. This is the movie world's version of voter suppression efforts in politics...."[17]
Market research firm CinemaScore polled the audience at the film's opening and computed a rating of A+ on a scale of A+ to F.[18][19]
References
- ^ a b "America (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ D'Souza, Dinesh (2014). America.
- ^ "America: Imagine the World Without Her". Americathemovie.com. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Synopsis". Fandango.com. Rovi.
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for July 4–6, 2014 – Box Office Mojo
- ^ America (2014) (2014) – Box Office Mojo
- ^ Dinesh D'Souza's Doc America Can't Match Box Office Lightning Of His 2016 Obama's America The Wrap.com
- ^ "Documentary – Political". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Subers, Ray (July 13, 2014). "Weekend Report: 'Apes' Goes Bananas". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for July 11–13, 2014 – Box Office Mojo
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for July 18–20, 2014 – Box Office Mojo
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=30&p=.htm
- ^ "America". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster, Inc.
- ^ "America". Metacritic.com. CBS Interactive.
- ^ Peter Sobczynski (July 2, 2014). Review: America, Ebert Digital, LLC
- ^ Jim Gaines (July 2, 2014). "To celebrate the Fourth of July, don't see this movie". Reuters.com.
- ^ Christian Toto (July 3, 2014). "Reuters Blogger: Boycott D'Souza's 'America'". Breitbart.com.
- ^ Weekend Report: 'Transformers' Repeats On Weak Independence Day Weekend – Box Office Mojo
- ^ Cinemascore website description of its methodology. http://www.cinemascore.com/aboutus