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Tilted Cat Head
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Globally, It's Golden
Moviegoers around the world are having a fantastic time with The Golden Compass. In the final weekend of 2007 alone, the movie grossed more than $34 million from 7,800 locations worldwide. That brings the total global take for the movie to some $298 million since its debut, with the overseas box office totaling $232 million and the U.S. domestic box office at $65 million.
According to Variety, this year is a bonus year for offshore box office with fantasy films having a wider appeal for non-U.S. audiences. But the film does have its legion of rabid fans. As one U.S. reviewer, Nancy Churnin from the Dallas Morning News, put it: "The carefully crafted look, in which fabulous fantasy mingles with hand-woven sweaters, offers a visual feast."
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maybe there will be a sequel. $65M in the US is paltry, but $235 worldwide is smashing. Note the books didn't do well here in the US at all compared to worldwide.
I do have them as unabridged audio books read by Philip Pullman if you are interested..... Skogafoss and I listened to them as we drove the ring road in 2000.
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In the 2007 movie adaptation of The Golden Compass, the character Iofur Raknison's name was changed to Ragnar Sturlusson to prevent name confusion between him and Iorek Byrnison.
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Iofur Raknison was the other panserbjørn in the book.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 01-09-2008 at 12:28 PM..
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