xlvii expose the secrets of his order was kidnapped and murdered. Authorities were
unable to solve the crime. This touched off a mass movement that spread to New England and the Midwest and launched the first third party in U.S history,
the Anti-Masonic Party Goldberg in Knight, 2003: 3.
Sometimes, as between 1600s and 1820s, conspiracy thinking draws power by merging with and reinforcing traditional American beliefs and values: a sense
of mission, Protestant supremacy, concern about encroachments on liberty, antielitism, maintenance of the racial order, and the sanctity of private
property. In the midst of diversity, conspiracy theories nurture a sense of peoplehood while discovering the enemies of the American dream.
F. Popularity of the Film National Treasure
Popularity of a film can be obviously seen from the movie box office as the measurement of the successful film. The film National Treasure succeeded
moving to the top ten America box-office and stayed at the first level for three weeks long since its release on Friday 19112004. National Treasure got
income US 35,142,554 in the opening week. A week after, this movie still took its place and the total income increased to US 87,270,875. Until third week the
total income was US 110,113,345. The movie was played in 3243 movie theatres or the most theatres in the second and third weeks
http:www.the- numbers.commovies2004NATTR.php
, accessed on 19 February 2006. Those acquisitions proved how popular National Treasure in America for couple weeks
after being released. The November 25 is a special day for all Americans, it is Thanksgiving
day. They annually celebrate it by conducting some special activities or rituals such as having a family meal with chicken as a special menu. They thank God for
what they have achieved in the past, in the early age of America. Thus the situation is happy, fun, full of thanks feeling, introspection, and hopes for the
xlviii future. Around the weeks of Thanksgiving day, film National Treasure became
the most popular film they wanted to enjoy with the people they loved. National Treasure could not survive any longer in the first rank after the
day of 19 or after 6 December 2004. In December actually there is a Christmas day but the film can not keep their popularity by presenting the better
circumstance of happy Christmas than other movies. The extraordinary days of playing the movies was on 20 November –second day of releasing, when this
movie got the most achievement of Gross, that was 14,588,162. Then 26 November or one day after Thanksgiving when it got the second most acquisition,
that was 12,949,150 or changed 65.80 from previous day. The last was 3 December 2004 of which the change in percent was the highest, it reached the
amount around 269.00.
Daily Chart Record
Date Rank
Gross US
Change Theaters
Per Theater
Total Gross US
Days
11192004 1
11,000,000 3,017
3,646 11,000,000
1 11202004
1 14,588,162
+32.62 3,017
4,835 25,707,235
2 11212004
1 9,435,319
-35.32 3,017
3,127 35,142,554
3 11222004
1 2,987,000
-68.34 3,017
990 38,129,000
4 11232004
1 3,527,000
+18.08 3,017
1,169 41,656,000
5 11242004
1 5,648,000
+60.14 3,243
1,742 47,304,000
6 11252004
1 7,810,000
+38.28 3,243
2,408 55,113,958
7 11262004
1
12,949,150 +65.80
3,243 3,993
68,063,108 8
11272004 1
12,689,604 -2.00
3,243 3,913
80,752,712 9
11282004 1
6,518,163 -48.63
3,243 2,010
87,270,875 10
11292004 1
1,609,000 -75.32
3,243 496
88,880,000 11
11302004 1
1,506,000 -6.40
3,243 464
90,386,000 12
1212004 1
1,367,000 -9.23
3,243 422
91,753,000 13
1222004 1
1,355,000 -0.88
3,243 418
93,108,378 14
1232004 1
5,000,000 +269.00 3,243
1,542 98,100,000
15 1242004
1 7,666,947
+53.34 3,243
2,364 105,837,303
16
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1252004 1
4,276,042 -44.23
3,243 1,319
110,113,345 17
1262004 1
1,107,000 -74.11
3,243 341
111,221,000 18
1272004 1
1,128,000 +1.90
3,243 348
112,349,000 19
Color coding: = Weekend days Friday, Saturday, Sunday
= Thanksgiving day 25 November 2004 Retrieved from
http:www.the-numbers.commovies2004NATTR.php ,
accessed on 19 February 2006.
CHAPTER III ANALYSIS
The Beliefs and Values Reflected in the Film National Treasure
1. Sometimes action with a high consequence illegal or criminal must be faced to continue reaching the final goal
National Treasure is a movie which consists of many actions which are illegal or belongs to crimes. There are four characters which are exposed of their
illegal actions. They are Ian, Ben, Riley, and Chase. Ian is the first character who raises his action plan to steal the Declaration of Independence in the opening of
film. This plan bothers Ben’s mind and he also decides to steal the Declaration but in order to save it. Riley is automatically involved in this case because he joins Ian
and Ben in the first hunting of the treasure on a ship named Charlotte. Chase is
