en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite
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to commemorate the festival's 20th anniversary
This anniversary reference is wrong: the 2024 Sundance Film Festival was the festival’s 40th edition, while 20 years referred to the film’s own anniversary.
Full reasoning
Sundance’s own 2024 program materials describe the 2024 festival as the 40th edition, not the 20th. They also describe the Napoleon Dynamite screening specifically as part of the festival’s 40th Edition Celebration and identify Napoleon Dynamite itself as the work celebrating a 20th anniversary.
In other words, the number 20 applies to the film’s anniversary since its 2004 premiere, not to the Sundance Film Festival.
Evidence:
- Sundance’s January 5, 2024 program announcement says the upcoming festival was "the 40th edition" and lists a "brand-new 4K restoration of Napoleon Dynamite (20th anniversary)."
- Sundance’s January 25, 2024 recap of the screening says organizers were commemorating the "40th Edition of the Festival" and separately notes "the 20th anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite."
So the phrase claiming the screening commemorated the festival's 20th anniversary is factually incorrect.
2 sources
- This Is Your First Look at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Program - sundance.org
With the upcoming Festival marking the 40th edition ... debut screenings of brand-new 4K restorations of Napoleon Dynamite (20th anniversary)...
- "Napoleon Dynamite" Returns to Sundance Film Festival After 20 Years - sundance.org
"When we first started thinking about how we were going to commemorate the 40th Edition of the Festival..." ... "We had the 40th edition of the Festival, the 20th anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite..."
it had grossed $44,940,956
The dollar figure is wrong. Major box-office databases list the film’s domestic total as $44,540,956, not $44,940,956.
Full reasoning
The article gives a very specific box-office figure — $44,940,956 — but major box-office reference databases do not support that number.
Both Box Office Mojo and The Numbers list Napoleon Dynamite's domestic gross as $44,540,956, which is $400,000 lower than the figure in the article. The Numbers' week-by-week box-office table shows the cumulative domestic total reaching $44,540,956 on February 4, 2005, which is within a year of the June 11, 2004 U.S. release.
Because the article’s claim uses a precise gross amount, and authoritative box-office sources agree on a different total, the stated figure $44,940,956 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Napoleon Dynamite - Box Office Mojo
Domestic (96.5%) $44,540,956 ... Worldwide $46,141,106
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Box Office and Financial Information
Theatrical Performance Domestic Box Office $44,540,956 ... Weekly Box Office Performance ... Feb 4, 2005 ... Total Gross $44,540,956