Sometime very soon, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe should pass the last Harry Potter movie in gross domestic revenue and become the #2 film of 2005. (#1 is Star Wars: ROTS; Narnia won’t catch it.) If nothing else, the movie has demonstrated incredible staying power–the fact that it’s still hanging around in theaters, more than two months after its release, is a testament to its quality, especially at a time when studios count so much on huge opening weekends. If you want to keep score at home, the website to visit is boxofficemojo.com.

About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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