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ABC decided not to renew Maher's contract for ''Politically Incorrect'' in 2002 after he agreed with a point posed by conservative commentator and guest [[Dinesh D'Souza]] that the terrorists in the September 11, 2001 attacks should not be called cowards. Maher expanded on his point, saying "We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly." <ref>[http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=14941]</ref>
ABC decided not to renew Maher's contract for ''Politically Incorrect'' in 2002 after he agreed with a point posed by conservative commentator and guest [[Dinesh D'Souza]] that the terrorists in the September 11, 2001 attacks should not be called cowards. Maher expanded on his point, saying "We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly." <ref>[http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=14941]</ref>
In the aftermath of the attacks, the remark made him too controversial for some of the show's most prominent advertisers. Companies including FedEx and Sears Roebuck pulled their advertisements from the show, causing it to become unprofitable. He later apologized for his remarks.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtcdXhGR4CY</ref> The show was subsequently canceled on June 16, 2002.
In the aftermath of the attacks, the remark made him too controversial for some of the show's most prominent advertisers. Companies including FedEx and Sears Roebuck pulled their advertisements from the show, causing it to become unprofitable. The show was subsequently canceled on June 16, 2002.
Maher's comment accusing America of cowardice followed another controversial comment he made on ''Politically Incorrect'' where he compared mentally handicapped children to dogs:
Maher's comment accusing America of cowardice followed another controversial comment he made on ''Politically Incorrect'' where he compared mentally handicapped children to dogs:
===Box office performance===
===Box office performance===
The film made $3.5 million in its opening weekend<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=religulous.htm</ref> in a limited release, surpassing expectations. Religulous outgrossed Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, arguably its right-wing counterpart. At its widest release, Religulous was only in 568 theaters, but it grossed $13,011,160 worldwide. At its widest release, Expelled was in 1,052 theaters, and it only grossed $7,720,487 worldwide.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=religulous.htm][http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=expelled.htm]</ref>
The film made $3.5 million in its opening weekend<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=religulous.htm</ref> in a limited release, surpassing expectations. It never did break out though after that and appears to be heading for a total gross of about $13 million.
===Controversy===
===Controversy===
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/ ''Religulous''] at IMDB.com
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/ ''Religulous''] at IMDB.com
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[[Category:Liberal Activists|Maher, Bill]]
[[Category:Liberal Activists|Maher, Bill]]