A lot of December films do very well; it's expected that better films will come out in December. It's Oscar season, after all. January through April is when films aren't expected to do at all well. Remember, at least a couple of the Harry Potters and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe were December releases as well. (A lot of "family" movies come out in December, for some reason. Christmas viewing, one supposes, but surely more families have time for movies in the summer.)

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"