LONDON (AP) - Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" broke the British box office record for a documentary in its opening weekend by taking $2.4 million, the film's British distributor said Monday.
The film - a vitriolic assault on President George W. Bush over the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq war - opened Friday on 132 British screens and has received standing ovations from audiences.
Distribution company Optimum Releasing said the previous opening weekend record for a documentary was set by Moore's "Bowling for Columbine," which took $292,300 in its first three days.
The early success of "Fahrenheit 9/11" meant it was likely to become the biggest grossing documentary ever in Britain. The record is held by the 2003 mountaineering film "Touching the Void," which took $4.77 million.
The figure of 1.3 $2.4 million for "Fahrenheit 9/11" was compiled by research company Nielsen EDI, which said the weekend's highest grosser was "Shrek 2" with $12.95 million.
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