Borat

Necro · 10-28-2006, 03:32 AM

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Release Date: November 3, 2006
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Larry Charles
Screenwriter: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language)
Official Website: Boratmovie.com
Plot Summary: In "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," Sacha Baron Cohen - star of HBO's hit comedy "Da Ali G Show," takes his outrageous Kazakhstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously offensive movie, Borat travels from his primitive home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary. On his cross-country road-trip, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences.

Stills

Trailer

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/borat/trailer/

Borat: Bigger Than Santa Clause!
Source: Box Office Mojo, Edward Douglas
November 5, 2006

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.

This weekend, the guy bringing presents wasn't wearing a red suit, he was wearing a gray one, as Sacha Baron Cohen's acclaimed comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan took on two new family films for a surprising victory as the king of the box office with an estimated opening weekend take of $26.4 million!

That amount wouldn't be nearly as impressive, if not for the fact that the comedy opened in almost a third as many theatres as the other two new wide releases, after a controversial decision by distributor 20th Century Fox to cut back its opening weekend release to 837 theatres. As of Friday, it looked like "Borat" would surpass Michael Moore's 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 as the highest per theatre average for a film opening wide in less than 1,000 theatres. Actually, "Borat's" stunning per-theatre average of $31,511 (estimated) is the third highest per theatre average for a wide release EVER, just behind the summer hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the original Spider-Man. It averaged more per theatre than Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith just to give some idea how huge this movie is. 20th Century Fox plans on expanding the movie into over 2,200 theatres next weekend, although after such a huge opening, one can expect that number will increase by Friday.

Settling for second place, the Disney threequel The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, once again starring Tim Allen, grossed an estimated $20 million in 3,458 theatres, $9 million less than The Santa Clause 2 earned in the same weekend four years ago.

Part of that reduced opening might be blamed on its competition for the family market, DreamWorks' Flushed Away, the first computer animated comedy from England's Aardman Studios, featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet. Continuing this year's declining trend for the CG animated genre, it only grossed $19 million despite its ultra-wide release into over 3,700 theaters. That may be a disappointing opening for a DreamWorks animated film, but it's slightly higher than the opening for Chicken Run in 2000 and quite a bit higher than the opening of Aardman's 2005 offering Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

As far as the returning movies, last week's Lionsgate #1, Saw III, dropped nearly 54% to make $15.5 million in its sophomore slot, bringing its total gross to $60 milion, while dropping to fourth place.

Both Martin Scorsese's crime drama The Departed and Christopher Nolan's period mystery The Prestige had neglible drops of less than 20%, though The Departed ended up just slightly ahead for fifth place with $8 million to The Prestige's $7.8 million. This weekend, Scorsese's critical and commercial success crossed the $100 million mark on its way to passing The Aviator as his highest grossing film ever; The Prestige has accumulated $39 million to date.

Clint Eastwood's WWII drama Flags of Our Fathers continued to add theatres, as it dropped three more places to #7 with $4.5 million. So far, the $90 million movie has only taken in $26.6 million domestically.

At #8, Universal's political comedy Man of the Year, starring Robin Williams, brought in $3.8 million to take its own total to $34 million.

With two new family films, Sony's computer-animated comedy Open Season took its biggest hit, dropping 47%, but adding another $3.1 million to its total gross of $81.4 million.

Miramax's The Queen, starring Helen Mirren, entered the Top 10 for the first time, earning $3 million in 387 theatres. The Oscar-ready movie has grossed $10 million to date.

Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst, rounded out the Top 12 with $2.3 million.

After its platform debut last weekend, Alejandro Gonzalez IÃ±arittu's global drama Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, added 28 theatres, grossing $918 thousand in its second weekend. On Friday, it expands nationwide into over 1,000 theatres.

Opening in five theatres in New York and L.A., Pedro AlmodÃ³var's Volver, which reunited the Spanish director with PenÃ©lope Cruz and Carmen Maura, grossed $202 thousand, an average of $40 thousand per site. It's the filmmaker's biggest first weekend, although it also opened in twice as many theatres as his last two films.

Movie: Borat
Studio: Fox
Total: $127,827,221
Weeks: 13

Necro · 10-28-2006, 03:36 AM

Can someone edit this thread, and just have it as Borat cause this stretches out the forum with this name...

Joseph T. Cool · 10-28-2006, 03:38 AM

I've been watching past clips of his show from HBO.

Looks like a funny movie....is good?

Necro · 10-28-2006, 03:38 AM

yeah it looks pretty funny...

Dr. Giganto · 11-03-2006, 06:00 PM

everybody, PLEASE go see this movie as soon as you can. You will not regret it. It is absolutely hysterical

Crocker · 11-03-2006, 06:19 PM

I saw the film about 3 weeks ago at private screening, very funny but the best clips were cut out

Slimdust · 11-03-2006, 06:20 PM

im not sure If I will see it in the theaters. But yeah, I will see it for sure when it comes to dvd.

Im going to see the Prestige tonight at a drive in. Hope its good.

Danny Diamond · 11-03-2006, 11:43 PM

I am sure Rambo has made it available in the media section.

I love in the commercial he is like "In my country, these two WOW, her not so much."

I got started watching Ali G and it is easily some of the funniest shit I have ever seen.

Check it!!

Necro · 11-04-2006, 07:41 AM

It hasnt been posted on warez-bb yet. I have posted Ali G, Innit though.
A pretty good movie...

Randy Orton · 11-04-2006, 03:05 PM

yea i havent found it yet. if its not up by tonight im guessing it will be online tomorrw.

10-28-2006, 03:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Necro Platinum Member Status: Offline Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 12,121 vBookie Cash: 4709 Rep Power: 45 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Borat Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Release Date: November 3, 2006 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Larry Charles Screenwriter: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language) Official Website: Boratmovie.com Plot Summary: In "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," Sacha Baron Cohen - star of HBO's hit comedy "Da Ali G Show," takes his outrageous Kazakhstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously offensive movie, Borat travels from his primitive home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary. On his cross-country road-trip, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. Stills Trailer http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/borat/trailer/ Borat: Bigger Than Santa Clause! Source: Box Office Mojo, Edward Douglas November 5, 2006 The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. This weekend, the guy bringing presents wasn't wearing a red suit, he was wearing a gray one, as Sacha Baron Cohen's acclaimed comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan took on two new family films for a surprising victory as the king of the box office with an estimated opening weekend take of $26.4 million! That amount wouldn't be nearly as impressive, if not for the fact that the comedy opened in almost a third as many theatres as the other two new wide releases, after a controversial decision by distributor 20th Century Fox to cut back its opening weekend release to 837 theatres. As of Friday, it looked like "Borat" would surpass Michael Moore's 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 as the highest per theatre average for a film opening wide in less than 1,000 theatres. Actually, "Borat's" stunning per-theatre average of $31,511 (estimated) is the third highest per theatre average for a wide release EVER, just behind the summer hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the original Spider-Man. It averaged more per theatre than Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith just to give some idea how huge this movie is. 20th Century Fox plans on expanding the movie into over 2,200 theatres next weekend, although after such a huge opening, one can expect that number will increase by Friday. Settling for second place, the Disney threequel The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, once again starring Tim Allen, grossed an estimated $20 million in 3,458 theatres, $9 million less than The Santa Clause 2 earned in the same weekend four years ago. Part of that reduced opening might be blamed on its competition for the family market, DreamWorks' Flushed Away, the first computer animated comedy from England's Aardman Studios, featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet. Continuing this year's declining trend for the CG animated genre, it only grossed $19 million despite its ultra-wide release into over 3,700 theaters. That may be a disappointing opening for a DreamWorks animated film, but it's slightly higher than the opening for Chicken Run in 2000 and quite a bit higher than the opening of Aardman's 2005 offering Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. As far as the returning movies, last week's Lionsgate #1, Saw III, dropped nearly 54% to make $15.5 million in its sophomore slot, bringing its total gross to $60 milion, while dropping to fourth place. Both Martin Scorsese's crime drama The Departed and Christopher Nolan's period mystery The Prestige had neglible drops of less than 20%, though The Departed ended up just slightly ahead for fifth place with $8 million to The Prestige's $7.8 million. This weekend, Scorsese's critical and commercial success crossed the $100 million mark on its way to passing The Aviator as his highest grossing film ever; The Prestige has accumulated $39 million to date. Clint Eastwood's WWII drama Flags of Our Fathers continued to add theatres, as it dropped three more places to #7 with $4.5 million. So far, the $90 million movie has only taken in $26.6 million domestically. At #8, Universal's political comedy Man of the Year, starring Robin Williams, brought in $3.8 million to take its own total to $34 million. With two new family films, Sony's computer-animated comedy Open Season took its biggest hit, dropping 47%, but adding another $3.1 million to its total gross of $81.4 million. Miramax's The Queen, starring Helen Mirren, entered the Top 10 for the first time, earning $3 million in 387 theatres. The Oscar-ready movie has grossed $10 million to date. Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst, rounded out the Top 12 with $2.3 million. After its platform debut last weekend, Alejandro Gonzalez IÃ±arittu's global drama Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, added 28 theatres, grossing $918 thousand in its second weekend. On Friday, it expands nationwide into over 1,000 theatres. Opening in five theatres in New York and L.A., Pedro AlmodÃ³var's Volver, which reunited the Spanish director with PenÃ©lope Cruz and Carmen Maura, grossed $202 thousand, an average of $40 thousand per site. It's the filmmaker's biggest first weekend, although it also opened in twice as many theatres as his last two films. Movie: Borat Studio: Fox Total: $127,827,221 Weeks: 13

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10-28-2006, 03:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Necro Platinum Member Status: Offline Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 12,121 vBookie Cash: 4709 Rep Power: 45 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Can someone edit this thread, and just have it as Borat cause this stretches out the forum with this name...

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Necro Platinum Member Status: Offline Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 12,121 vBookie Cash: 4709 Rep Power: 45 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	yeah it looks pretty funny...

11-04-2006, 07:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
Necro Platinum Member Status: Offline Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 12,121 vBookie Cash: 4709 Rep Power: 45 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	It hasnt been posted on warez-bb yet. I have posted Ali G, Innit though. A pretty good movie...

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