Sunday, September 09, 2012

'2016: Obama's America' Now Second Biggest Documentary In Movie History

By Susan Duclos


It opened in Houston, Texas on July 13, 2012, moved to a limited released on July 20, 2012 and then hit a little over 1,000 theaters by the end of August, according to IMDB, and "2016: Obama's America", referred to as an anti-Obama movie, has managed to become the second biggest documentary in movie history.

The Rocky Mountain Pictures film benefitted from the runup to the Republican National Convention. Now the anti-Obama film is hot in 2012′s battleground states where GOP candidate Mitt Romney and President Obama are campaigning the heaviest: Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, Arizona. (California and New York and Texas also are listed in the Top 10 states contributing the most gross dollars to the documentary’s box office.)

Based on conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s 2010 best-selling book The Roots Of Obama’s Rage, it initially opened in only one theater in Houston on July 13th, then expanded to 1,000+ theaters and now 2,000+ locations  by Friday. 2016 Obama’s America is co-directed by D’Souza and John Sullivan and produced by Academy Award winner Gerald R. Molen (co-producer of Schindler’s List)2016 Obama’s America detractors decry it as a slick infomercial heavy with conspiracy theories. But D’Souza says he made the film to motivate moviegoers to question what an Obama second term would look like.
 The 2016: Obama's America website has a list of theaters for those looking for one in their area with new theaters being added every day.

IMDB user reviews found here.


H/T BG