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It should be noted the books have drawn a level of support from Rowan Williams, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who believes the book series by Pullman can be used to help address the "inadequacies" of some religious education courses which only teach pupils about religious festivals, and not the deeper theological issues of Christianity. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/10/npull10.xml</ref> <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/03/17/bodark17.xml&page=1</ref>.
It should be noted the books have drawn a level of support from Rowan Williams, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who believes the book series by Pullman can be used to help address the "inadequacies" of some religious education courses which only teach pupils about religious festivals, and not the deeper theological issues of Christianity. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/10/npull10.xml</ref> <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/03/17/bodark17.xml&page=1</ref>.
==Feature film==
The film based on the first book of the trilogy did poorly at the box office. It grossed only $25,783,232 its opening weekend<ref>http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goldencompass.htm</ref> and as of January 20, 2008, its domestic gross totaled only $68,268,000. The film cost an estimated $180 million to make.
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