Queer year at the B.0.There's been a lot of press lamenting how movie box office figures were down in 2005. Gay films--and gay-inclusive films--were no exception to the trend, with only a handful breaking the $1 million mark at the domestic box office. Here we list the top 10 B.O. titles for December 1, 2004 to November 27, 2005, led by Rent (thanks to its Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. holiday opening), Missing the boat and also the million-dollar mark were nonetheless well-received titles including Heights, Cote d'Azur, Beautiful Boxer Beautiful Boxer (Thai: บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์ , The Dying Gaul The Dying Gaul (in Italian: Galata Morente) is an ancient Roman marble copy of a lost ancient Greek statue, thought to have been executed in bronze, that was commissioned some time between 230 BC and 220 BC by Attalos I of Pergamon to honor his victory over the , and Ballets Russes Ballets Russes: see Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich. Ballets Russes Ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by Sergey Diaghilev. Considered the source of modern ballet, the company employed the most outstanding creative talent of the period. . (Both Brokeback Mountain and Transamerica opened after December 1.) With home entertainment systems taking over as a preferred venue for films--no inconsiderate in·con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Thoughtless of others; displaying a lack of consideration. 2. Not well considered or carefully thought out; ill-advised. jabber-jaws, ringing cell phones, or other obnoxious distractions--DVD sales and rentals are now a movie's best friend. 1. Rent $17.1 million * 2. Capote $9 million * 3. High Tension $3.68 million 4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang $3,44 million * 5. Walk on Water $2.71 million 6. Happy Endings $1.32 million 7. Saving Face $1.18 million 8. My Summer of Love $1 million 9. Mysterious Skin $713,000 10. Last Days $463,000 * gross not final; film still in release |
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