'Inconvenient' change for Gore film ["ticket sales plummet"]

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" has seen its ticket sales plummet after a promising start.

After Gore's global warming documentary garnered the highest average per play ever for a film documentary during its limited Memorial Day weekend opening, recent theater takes for the film have been less than stellar, Daily Variety reports.

The film dropped from its record $70,333 per play to $12,334 during its third week and its numbers have continued to fall as the film opens in smaller cities and suburbs across the country.

Yet despite its failing numbers, the film has brought in $9.6 million to date, making it one of the most successful documentaries to date.

In comparison, the 2004 documentary "Super Size Me" brought in $11.5 million, while the title for most successful documentary remains with director Michael Moore's 2002 film, "Bowling for Columbine," which brought in $21.6 million, Variety said.

Apparently the folks at Variety are smart enough to realize that Fahrenheit 9/11 was not a documentary.

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