From our friend Christian Toto at The Daily Caller:
Conservatives are up in arms that a film celebrating the Navy Seals who killed Osama bin Laden will hit theaters less than a month before the 2012 presidential election.
Hollywood routinely produces left-of-center content, but a cinematic reminder of the Obama administration’s crowning achievement smacks of an unpaid political ad, a cinematic October surprise.
But conservatives should partially blame themselves for the paucity of GOP-friendly films in the marketplace.
To paraphrase a great baseball film, when they show them, they don’t come.
Yes, some recent blockbusters like “300” and “The Dark Knight” were embraced by the right for their conservative strains. But unabashedly conservative films have a lousy commercial track record.
Movies like “The Undefeated,” “Atlas Shrugged,” “I Want Your Money” and “An American Carol” failed to ignite the box office in ways that would make movie studios scratch their chins with interest.
“The Undefeated,” the most recent pro-conservative film, used a guerilla marketing campaign to spread the news of its theatrical release. Yet after 28 days, the documentary highlighting former Gov. Sarah Palin’s political ascent earned only $116,381, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
Palin attracts a crowd wherever she goes. She’s a political rock star even though she isn’t running for any office — yet. Why did most of her fans stay home?
“Atlas Shrugged Part 1,” the long-awaited film version of Ayn Rand’s beloved novel, made just $4.6 million earlier this year, putting plans for a second and third installment in jeopardy.
Read the full piece here.
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