Apocalypto Tops Box Office

American Voices

December 13, 2006 | ISSUE 42•50

Mel Gibson’s Mayan action film Apocalypto was the big winner at the box office this weekend. What do you think?

I'm not surprised. This movie has something for everyone: human sacrifice, tragic suffering, historical inaccuracies.

Leslie Garrison
Liquor Store Clerk
Well sure. When you've got that huge built-in full-blooded Mayan audience coming out to see it, you're bound to do well.

Frank Jablonski
Systems Analyst
If there's anything stronger than the hatred moviegoers have for Jews, it's their love of brown people.

Mike Poole
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