As is typical of me, I use group A as an example for group B.
Gibson movie opens at No. 1
His 'Apocalypto' brings in $14.2 million for the weekend despite the film's challenges.
By Josh Friedman, Times Staff Writer
December 11, 2006
Controversial filmmaker Mel Gibson's violent thriller "Apocalypto" found an opening weekend audience and topped the box office — despite its subtitles, unknown cast and obscure subject matter.
The R-rated chase story set in the last days of the Maya empire drew solid but not spectacular crowds with $14.2 million in box-office receipts. To Walt Disney Co., the film's distributor, it overcame industry doubts about Gibson's marketability after his well-publicized anti-Semitic tirade and drunk-driving arrest this July in Malibu.
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