It came out yesterday that distribution has been pulled for Postal. Appearantly the theaters decided not to carry the movie. There is speculation that the reason is becasue of the political content that really is not in favor of the current administration and others say it is due to the track record of Uwe Boll’s previous films. Here are Fridays results followed by some comments from Uwe himself. Understandably he is not a happy camper and has some questions he would like answered. I am interested in those answers myself.
Rank* Title
(Click to view chart)		 Friday
5/16
(Estimates)		 Saturday
5/17		 Sunday
5/18		 Monday
5/19
1 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN
Buena Vista

3,929

 $19,300,000

– / $4,912
$19,300,000 / 1

 N/A N/A N/A
2 IRON MAN
Paramount

4,154

 $8,600,000

+171.3% / $2,070
$199,885,000 / 15

 N/A N/A N/A
3 WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
Fox

3,255

 $4,600,000

+213.2% / $1,413
$31,058,000 / 8

 N/A N/A N/A
4 SPEED RACER
Warner Bros.

3,606

 $2,000,000

+149.2% / $555
$24,167,000 / 8

 N/A N/A N/A
5 MADE OF HONOR
Sony / Columbia

2,816

 $1,525,000

+158.2% / $542
$30,726,000 / 15

 N/A N/A N/A
6 BABY MAMA
Universal

2,503

 $1,500,000

+226% / $599
$44,163,000 / 22

 N/A N/A N/A
7 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
Universal

1,601

 $800,000

+98.3% / $500
$53,327,000 / 29

 N/A N/A N/A
8 HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY
New Line

1,403

 $585,000

+78.1% / $417
$32,686,000 / 22

 N/A N/A N/A
9 THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM
Lionsgate

997

 $265,000

+41.1% / $266
$49,560,000 / 29

 N/A N/A N/A
10 THE VISITOR
Overture Films

224

 $160,000

+156.6% / $714
$2,876,000 / 36

 N/A N/A N/A
11 NIM’S ISLAND
Fox

894

 $140,000

+98.6% / $157
$44,808,000 / 43

 N/A N/A N/A
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UB:The number 4 movie is SPEED RACER and it is still showing on 6500 screens in 3600 theaters but it made only $2 Million. What this means is that 30 to 40 people in total in 5 to 6 showings per screen which means around 5 tickets were sold per screening. From number 5 on it goes even more dramatical down.

So can anyone tell me why we are not getting screens for POSTAL?

Can anyone explain what movies are running next week in 15+ plex theaters?

SPEED RACER in front of 1 person per screening ?

Even if you show INDIANA JONES and NARNIA on 4 to 5 screens each, there should be space for POSTAL with no PROBLEM!

NARNIA was estimated at $85 million for this weekend and now it looks more like $65 million.

TMW: Have you asked if it was about the political content of the film?

UB: I have and they have been giving me the same run around they have been giving the press. Either they don’t answer or they give some cheap excuse.

I think the man has some valid questions. It does make a whore wonder if there is not something else behind it. If you want help out Uwe Boll and The Movie Whore call got to the following sites and use send some email to ask why POSTAL got pulled.

Cinemark contact page

AMC contact page: Only page I could find to submit.

Regal contact page

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