Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary Boogie Man is about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. He mentored George W. Bush and Karl Rove while leading the Republican party to historic victories, helping make liberal a dirty word, and transforming the way America elects our Presidents. In interviews with Republicans and friends of Atwater, Boogie Man examines his role in America's shift to the right. To Democrats offended by the 1988 Willie Horton controversy, Atwater was a remorseless political assassin dubbed by one Congresswoman "the most evil man in America." The film examines his irreverent sense of humor, his understanding of the American heartland, and his unapologetic vision of politics as war. It ends with a portrait of a cynic's deathbed search for meaning.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$60,332
Summary Details
DistributorInterPositive Media
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Opening$10,939
2 theaters
Running Time1 hr 26 min
GenresBiography Documentary
In Release98 days/14 weeks
Widest Release10 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Sep 26-2874$10,939-2-$5,469$10,9391
Oct 3-573$10,024-8.4%4+2$2,506$25,7482
Oct 10-1283$6,185-38.3%7+3$883$38,1233
Oct 17-1989$4,520-26.9%6-1$753$45,4134
Oct 24-2692$4,543+0.5%4-2$1,135$51,6215
Oct 31-Nov 280$9,622+111.8%10+6$962$58,9556
Nov 7-972$10,959+13.9%10-$1,095$60,3327