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The Golden Compass's very anti-Christian and anti religion theme has really hurt its ticket sales. Kind of nice to see viewers speak with the money they dont spend.



It was released on the 7th of December and still holds the number 12 spot for top box office sales. With a cumulative sales of over 58 million dollars in just 4 weekends in the U.S. and over 150 million worldwide, it's no Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia for that matter but it's really not bad at all.
And as for the theme, if you're aware of the theme going into it the theme is pretty obvious but it was written in a manner that you could accept the movie as just a story making it fine for all children regardless of religious standpoint. If you look at the user reviews on Yahoo movies there are lots of christians who have seen the movie and written great reviews in support of the movie.

Let my dying thought be that every mile was fun and let my tombstone read,"They never made one fast enough for me."