I took my future wife to this movie for our first date. I started crying at the end lol. Thank god she still fell in love with me:pNarnia stole its thunder as it seemed more family friendly. Perhaps basing it in 1933 may have hindered the interest. I remember being shocked with the 9mill number too. Still doesn't make sense to me. Good thing it had great legs to reach a respectable dom gross at the end of it. Batman begins and King Kong were the best movie of 2005 for me