Intelligent Conversation about Call Me By Your Name

Two points of engagement: What it means to us is always justification for digging deep. But such a quest can also be driven by the fact *that* it so clearly means something to people whose judgment we admire.

Rank	Movie	Domestic Box Office	Opening Theater Count	Opening Weekend Box Office	Max Theater Count
101	Phantom Thread	$20,956,300	4	$216,495	1,186
102	Sleepless	$20,783,704	1,803	$8,344,128	1,803
103	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul	$20,738,724	3,157	$7,126,084	3,174
104	The Circle	$20,497,844	3,163	$9,034,148	3,163
105	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	$18,985,794	419	$10,430,497	425
106	CHiPS	$18,600,152	2,464	$7,722,802	2,464
107	Only the Brave	$18,340,051	2,577	$6,002,665	2,577
108	Call Me by Your Name	$17,883,887	4	$412,932	914
109	mother!	$17,800,004	2,368	$7,534,673	2,368
110	Father Figures	$17,501,244	2,902	$3,287,451	2,902
111	The Zookeeper’s Wife	$17,445,186	541	$3,288,835	1,057
112	The Glass Castle	$17,273,059	1,461	$4,678,548	1,461
113	Flatliners	$16,883,115	2,552	$6,574,326	2,552

Domestic plus International

133	Wind River	$40,352,966	$33,800,859	$6,552,107	83.76%
134	Fist Fight	$40,287,017	$32,187,017	$8,100,000	79.89%
135	The King	$40,045,465	$0	$40,045,465	0.00%
136	Cheongnyeon Gyeongchal	$39,932,534	$0	$39,932,534	0.00%
137	xiu chun dao II: xiu luo zhan chang	$39,397,072	$14,204	$39,382,868	0.04%
138	Logan Lucky	$39,264,759	$27,778,642	$11,486,117	70.75%
139	Downsizing	$39,210,035	$24,449,754	$14,760,281	62.36%
140	La ch'tite famille	$38,835,000	$0	$38,835,000	0.00%
141	Home Again	$37,337,061	$27,020,284	$10,316,777	72.37%
142	Gifted	$36,964,656	$24,801,212	$12,163,444	67.09%
143	Call Me by Your Name	$36,958,210	$17,883,887	$19,074,323	48.39%
144	Raid Dingue	$36,360,000	$0	$36,360,000	0.00%
145	Namiya Zakkaten no Kiseki	$36,018,751	$0	$36,018,751	0.00%
146	The Adventurers	$35,955,240	$216,556	$35,738,684	0.60%
147	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul	$35,355,942	$20,738,724	$14,617,218	58.66%
148	Xin Li Zui Zhi Cheng Shi Zhi Guang	$34,846,147	$0	$34,846,147	0.00%

Topics may include:

* the meaning of the title?

* the peach?

* the meaning of the father's last words to Elio?

* the final scene in the film, both sound and image?

* the mood of the music?

* AIDS in the 80s?

* antisemitism in Italy?

* coming of age or romance?

* tragedy for Oliver?????

* what if Elio were female?

* what if Oliver were female?

* the age gap??

Any questions you want to have chewed over?