Two Hit Movies, Two Very Different Audiences

Fahrenheit 9/11 and Passion of the Christ have been surprise hits this year. But their audiences are very different. “The top theaters for “Fahrenheit” have been in urban, traditionally Democratic strongholds, including Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Bay Area, Chicago and Boston. The highest grossing theaters for “Passion” were typically more suburban and far more widely dispersed, from Texas and New Mexico to Ohio, Florida and Orange County, Calif.”