The Hollywood Reporter says that 2016: Obama's America grossed "a stellar $6.3 million" as it ran in theaters nationwide, beating three new studio films.
Having opened in just a few theaters earlier this month, Obama's America has now raked in a total of $9.2 million.
It is now the most financially successful conservative documentary of all time, and could win up one of the must lucrative documentaries period.
Backers of 2016: Obama's America -- a project of conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza -- released it in connection with this week's Republican convention.
The Los Angeles Times reports some background on the film:
Dinesh D'Souza felt that President Obama had been telling his story to Americans for years. The conservative author wanted to give them a different version. ...
"I realized Obama was telling his own story in his own voice and thought it would be interesting to use his voice in a documentary where it would be indisputable to people that this was Obama's own narrative," said D'Souza, who wrote and directed the film with John Sullivan.
The film draws heavily from D'Souza's own life, as he describes how coming to study in America from his native India helped to shape his political ideology. Throughout the 90-minute film, he often addresses the camera face-forward, pointing out the similarities between his upbringing and Obama's. Many of the author's arguments about Obama's support of anti-colonialism are drawn from D'Souza's controversial book "The Roots of Obama's Rage," and the movie frequently uses dramatic reenactments featuring unknown actors to depict past events.
