from BOM, the top 20 gay-themed movies:

1 The Birdcage $124,060,553
2 Interview with the Vampire $105,264,608
3 The Talented Mr. Ripley $81,298,265
4 Philadelphia $77,446,440
5 In & Out $63,856,929
6 The Crying Game $62,548,947
7 The Hours $41,675,994
8 To Wong Foo, $36,474,193
9 Monster $34,469,210
10 Brokeback Mountain $34,299,295
11 Alexander $34,297,191
12 The Object of My Affection $29,187,243
13 Rent $29,077,547
14 Victor/Victoria $28,215,453
15 Frida $25,885,000
16 Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil $25,105,255
17 La Cage aux Folles $20,424,259
18 Cruising $19,784,223
19 Far From Heaven $15,901,849
20 The Next Best Thing $14,990,582

LOL I love how they list Interview with the Vampire

Interview with a Vampire, huh?

Crouching Tiger vs. Brokeback Mountain



Week 7:

- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SPC $9,543,650 +180.0% 693 +521 $13,771 $30,325,865 $17 6

- Brokeback Mountain Focus $7,041,508 +23.0% 683 +200 $10,309 $32,074,517 $14 6




Important note: Crouching Tiger dropped 30% on the next weekend (this weekend), making $6.08 million; there's little doubt that Brokeback is going to outgross CTHD's weekend gross by at least 1 million..

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN should end up at least #2, but there's a good chance that it will be #1 if it wins Best Picture.

So, I finally saw the movie...

Thater was totally packed, so was the previous show. This is the biggest VOS (subtitled original version) screen in the whole city. I´ve checked the net and today has been the same.

I think It´s going to be between this and Geisha for #1 here in Spain, and I mean nationally. BBM seems to be doing better in Madrid but Geisha should perform better in other provinces, so we will see. In any case, It´s nice having these two movies battling it out for the top spot.

BOG Oscar Spotlight on Brokeback.

I seen the film today with 3 friends.....

Fantastic. Brilliant acting, engaging, realistic, emotional....everything......so touching.

Absolutely worth every inch of hype the movie has received....

Still touched....amazing.

10/10. i'll probably see it again.....Wow.

I was wunderin when you were finally gonna get to seein' it. Glad you finally made it! :-)

It won the Producers Guild of America award last night!

"Coming down the stretch towards the Oscars on March 5, Brokeback Mountain increased its lead Sunday night by winning top honors from the Producers Guild of America. ("No film is even second," remarked Time magazine film critic Richard Corliss in the current edition.) Diana Ossana and James Schamus received the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award. The PGA also handed out its first animated feature award to Claire Jennings and Nick Park for their Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, released by DreamWorks. After winning most of the top awards from critics' groups, Brokeback now begins to compete for the guild awards, usually the most accurate predictors of Oscar winners, since many of the guild members are also members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that hands out the Oscars. "


http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm/40509/<I>BROKEBACK</I>:_A_SURE_BET_FOR_OSCAR_VICTORY?

Again, to all the naysayers who are pointing to it's 30% increase this weekend as "disappointing".. when it come to Oscar films like this one, slow and steady winds the race. It doesn't need to have a weekend over 10 million, because it will have 10 weekends over 5 million, and then some!

Was looking at the BAFTAS.....LEDGER, WILLIAMS and GYLLENHAAL are all nominated...very deserving. And of course the film it'sself in many categories.


Roll on January 31st, Oscar nominations.

Heath, Michelle and Jake deserve every award, doubt it's going to happen, but one of them could win!

I'm seein this film again, next Wednesday.

Tomorrow the whole hour of Oprah will be dedicated to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN!

I never thought I'd say this but I'll be taping Oprah tomorrow!

A lot of people watch this show too and it can really help a movie out (the same thing was done for DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN on the Friday it opened), so with the big theater count update and now the whole hour of Oprah being dedicated to the movie it won't be dropping this weekend in gross.

Sweet! Everything Oprah touches turns to gold! Also, it could be a great way to tap into the African-American market.

...oh, and to talk more about tolerance and the film's message and all that other crap

It's not the whole hour, unfortunately. Tyler Perry is going to be on the show as well, I'm guessing for the latter twenty minutes or so thereby ensuring the success of the sequel to Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Oh shit! That f-ing sucks! Damn you Tyler Perry! :p They should have had him on the day his sequel opens .

HOT! #7 now... will end up on top?? only time will tell...

1 The Birdcage $124,060,553
2 Interview with the Vampire $105,264,608
3 The Talented Mr. Ripley $81,298,265
4 Philadelphia $77,446,440
5 In & Out $63,856,929
6 The Crying Game $62,548,947
7 Brokeback Mountain $43,805,000
8 The Hours $41,675,994
9 To Wong Foo, $36,474,193
10 Monster $34,469,210

I've seen all of those movies but The Crying Game .

BM should end up at least #2.

I'm seeing the film for my second time on Saturday night with my sister and her husband, and maybe my sister's husband's sister and her husband.

wow.. you were so dead on about the cultural impact Raffi! awesome job!!!

it's funny how even the most optimistic had this pegged at $50 million max. it'll be over that by Tuesday morning with buzz growing daily still.

Oprah tomorrow.
Two more guild wins over the weekend.
Oscar nomincations Tuesday.

Just totally awesome. And I have to give credit to middle america, specifically the female audience, for embracing this movie.

I am grateful in and awe at where we are today.

#1 easily, 150m+

I remember I was pretty hesitant to predict how it was going to do because there is a genuine lack of history for movies like this. But subject matter aside, the movie seems to be performing like other adult-oriented Oscar front-runners (Million Dollar Baby, Shakespear In Love). So I guess people probably overestimated the effects of the film's qualitative content, and underestemated the basic main points (marketing, WOM, release strategy, awards).

I still think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the best comparison. Before CTHD, nobody thought a foreign martial art film with subtitles could crossover to the mainstream like that. Its story is also full of emotional punches that left a lot of viewers in tears at the end. I really appreciate what Ang Lee has done.

I agree. I think WOM can act as a huge X-factor in a movie's success.

Although for the most they're girls, everyone who has told me or I've overheard as saying they have seen it have said it was very good. I haven't heard a single negative comment.

Great article, as it is opening in the South this weekend....

Gay cowboys?'Brokeback' gets early tepid response hereBy PETE TATTERSALLptattersal@sunherald.com"Brokeback Mountain," the critically acclaimed film about the turbulent, long-term romance of two cowboys starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, opens Friday in South Mississippi.
The movie, based on a short story by Annie Proulx, boasts a script penned by Diana Ossana and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Larry McMurtry, whose novels include "Lonesome Dove," "The Last Picture Show," "Terms of Endearment" and "Horseman Pass By" (filmed in 1963 as "Hud," starring Paul Newman).
Known universally in the pop culture world as "the gay cowboy movie," "Brokeback Mountain," directed by Ang Lee, has spurred a host of publicity, been fodder for late-night comedians and has already spawned the inevitable "Saturday Night Live" skit ("Brokeback Goldmine," featuring guest host Alec Baldwin).
The film, which opens Friday at Cinemark in Gulfport and Feb. 3 at the Grand 14 in D'Iberville, is also a front-runner to win the Oscar for best picture on March 5, having already earned four Golden Globes (including best picture) and the best picture of the year award from the Producers Guild of America.
The movie has been a long time coming to the area. In order to build buzz, "Brokeback Mountain" opened in just six theaters in the U.S., expanded to 69 the weekend of Dec. 16, then to 217 over the Christmas weekend.
According to a representative of Focus Features, the film's distributor, that marketing strategy was designed to gently move the much-touted film from selected theaters in sympathetic markets to markets that might not be so sympathetic.
The Sun Herald took to the streets recently to get some idea of what kind of reception "Brokeback Mountain" might receive in South Mississippi.
Devon Spicer, who is in her 20s, has heard of the film and thinks she'll be interested in seeing it.
"I heard it's a really good movie, and that's about it," said Spicer.
However, when informed of the plot, Jason Kitchens, 26, of Ocean Springs, expressed a different opinion.
"It's not something I'd be interested in," he said.
Ohio residents Carole Bryans, 57, and Doris Cantrell, of a certain age, who were vacationing in South Mississippi, had heard buzz about the film.
"Jay (Leno) does a thing on it," said Cantrell. "I don't know if I'd go see it or not."
"I'm a little more open-minded about it than she's going to be," said Bryans.
"I don't know, I'll probably get it on home video," countered Cantrell.
Hattiesburg resident Jeff Watkins, 28, though, said the film most certainly didn't appeal to him.
"No, I definitely don't have an interest in seeing it," he said.
Kim Biagini, 16, and Travis Davis, 17, both of Gulfport, had heard snippets about the plot.
"Yeah, I'd probably go and see it, I guess," said Biagini. "I know Heath Ledger's in it. That's about it. And that it's about cowboys."
When informed of the plot, the two expressed mixed reactions.
"I knew I heard that," said Biagini.
"Oh my God, that's interesting," said Travis.
"Kind of weird," said Biagini.
"That is," agreed Travis.
"I'm still going to go see it," said Biagini.
"It makes me want to go see it more," replied Travis.
Billy Cooley, 16, of Gulfport, had heard of the film, though his buddy Kenny Lee, 19, also of Gulfport, had not.
"I might just watch it to see what it's about," said Cooley. "I mean, I know what it's about, but just out of curiosity."
For his part, Lee said he may see it with friends, but won't rush to the theater on his own.
Rich Abraham, a senior citizen from Diamondhead, said he's not interested.
"I don't like alternate lifestyles. I believe alternate lifestyles are personal," he said. "If people want to have alternate lifestyles, they can do it. But I don't need to see it on the big screen."
Gulfport resident Clinton Calhoun, 45, took a more blasé approach.
"You mean about being gay cowboys? About them telling about something that's been going on forever?" said Calhoun.

watching the Oprah show with Jake and Heath...
so far, lots of jokes about the love scene... Heath seems more comfortable talking about it, Jake keeps cracking jokes about it and that's about it... Ledger gives som more insightful comments however...

EDIT: it discusses the issues, and also why it is such a revolutionary piece of film and it's importance in society today. It will certainly bring a lot of people into the theatres...

.... and Oprah does describe it as one of the best made films she has ever seen.... so that can't hurt either!

I don't get to watch it for a few hours, but I must say, "Damn Jake ." He kind of annoys me. He is acting quite immature and disrespectful about the part. Plus he seems so cocky and into himself now. Heath seems so nice and cool and is way more likable than Jake. Too bad Josh Hartnett hadn't been Jack. Though I see him more as Ennis, except I wouldn't want someone else besides Heath playing him after seeing the movie. Still, I'd have been pleased with Josh as Jack. I think Josh seems great too and he's definitely talented. He was actually one of the first actors interested in doing the film.