Fahrenheit 9/11$103.35 million US Box Office

Fahrenheit 9/11 $103.35 million US Box Office: "Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' was No. 7 with $5 million, lifting its domestic total to $103.35 million, the first documentary ever to top $100 million.

"Fahrenheit 9/11," produced for just $6 million, stands with Mel Gibson's religious blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ" as the year's big box-office surprises.

Disney refused to let subsidiary Miramax release the documentary, Moore's assault on President Bush over the Sept. 11 attacks, so Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein bought the film back and lined up independent distribution. But while Disney chief Michael Eisner said "Fahrenheit 9/11" was too political for the company, he recently said he saw it and liked it.

"Fahrenheit 9/11" has done more business than anything released so far this year by Disney, which has been in a slump with such duds as "The Alamo," "King Arthur" and "Around the World in 80 Days."

"If you had told me when we were going through all the pre-distribution problems with Disney that this film would gross more than any other Disney film this year, I don't even know how to respond to that," Moore said Sunday."

By DAVID GERMAIN
Associated Press