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Article: ``Fahrenheit 9/11'' to Cross $100 Million -- Continues to Smash Records; ``Breaking Records and Changing Minds''.
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- Business Wire
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- July 21, 2004
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. & NEW YORK -- "Fahrenheit 9/11," the award-winning film sensation, is set to make box-office history this weekend by becoming the only documentary ever to cross the coveted $100 million mark in theatrical box-office grosses, it was announced by Tom Ortenberg, President of Lions Gate Films Releasing, a division of Lions Gate Films Inc.; and Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Entertainment.
"'Fahrenheit 9/11' is breaking records and changing minds because the movie deals with the fundamental issues of our times -- war and peace, privacy and economic justice. The soul of the movie -- and what is attracting so many people -- is that it asks the ...