Ninth Weekly Box Office Roundup: Chaos Ensues

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-01-03 11:56am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:By The Last Battle it smakes you right in the face.

Nevermind the Magicians nephew, which I blantently saw through even without knowledge of christianity.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2006-01-03 12:00pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:By The Last Battle it smakes you right in the face.

True enough, though admittedly Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader don't really fit too well into the overall Christian theme without some serious contorting. That said I believe Lewis wrote both allegories into the book so the reader was free to choose. If you want to read LWW as good Britons overcoming evil fascists then you can but if you want it to be about Jesus versus the Devil then you can read it that way as well. I prefer books where you can take the allegory you wish and run with it without being constrained too greatly by the story.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-01-03 12:09pm

CmdrWilkens wrote:
True enough, though admittedly Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader don't really fit too well into the overall Christian theme without some serious contorting. That said I believe Lewis wrote both allegories into the book so the reader was free to choose. If you want to read LWW as good Britons overcoming evil fascists then you can but if you want it to be about Jesus versus the Devil then you can read it that way as well. I prefer books where you can take the allegory you wish and run with it without being constrained too greatly by the story.

Those stories actually seem more like Jason and the Argonauts than anything in Christian mythos. The quest to find the 7 lost nobles as opposed to a golden fleece.

Crabbypants · Post by **Crabbypants** » 2006-01-03 12:34pm

Doesn't Aslan appear as the Lamb in Voyage of the Dawn Treader?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-01-03 12:51pm

tharkûn · Post by **tharkûn** » 2006-01-03 03:54pm

I mean, the Lion could also represent the Lion of Judea, the Jews, and that was probably not intentional. The usual animal associated with Jesus is the Lamb, while the Lion represented adversity.

One of the many symbols appropriated for Jesus was the lion. Indeed if you say "Lion of Judah" to hardcore Christians they will say it is Jesus.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2006-01-03 11:55pm

LordShaithis wrote:Interestingly, once you add in foreign markets, Kong is up on Narnia by 396 to 303. I'm still not going to stop farting in Kong's general direction though. Domestic box office is all about dick waving.

Though its delayed I wanted to add that the overseas numbers for Narnia were getting backlogged and mojo just updated recently bringing Narnia up to 382 which looks a lot closer to Kong's 396 (and given their 27 mil difference in budget).

Ericxihn · Post by **Ericxihn** » 2006-01-04 12:11am

dude, the Passion was an even bigger hit in South and Central America and made over a quarter billion dollars (39% of it's total gross) outside of the US/Canadian market. People who talk out of their ass just to bash popular targets don't last long around here.

Sorry about that, I was only looking at Europe.