Another one of my top 10 movies... something else to watch out for: Chuck Yeager's cameo as Fred, the barman at Pancho's.

So people couldn’t separate John Glenn-the-astronaut from John Glenn the-candidate-for-President? Would an audience really stay away from a well-made film because of politics? Absolutely. Look no further than the uproar this year over two separate projects profiling Hillary Clinton. First CNN Films announced in July plans to make a documentary on Ms. Clinton, who appears to be well into her pre-campaign campaign for the Democratic nomination for President in 2016. Then NBC approved a dramatic miniseries for production, with actress Diane Lane cast to play the former Secretary of State/First Lady. But then the firestorm hit. Journalists attacked both projects, citing that CNN and NBC had put their objectivity as news organizations in jeopardy. And the Republican National Committee voted in August to boycott both CNN and NBC when it came to hosting Republican debates leading up to the 2016 Presidential election. The response? Both the film and the TV mini-series about Ms. Clinton were quickly cancelled. So politics definitely factors into a film’s box office results – or even whether that film gets made in the first place.

Another example of politics impacting a film's box office would be with writer/director Michael Moore. A certain segment of the population praises him and his outspokenness; while another percentage considers him provocative and steers well clear of his documentaries. Look at the box office results of his biggest films: *Roger and Me (1989) = $6.7 million *Bowling for Columbine (2002)= $21.6 million *Sicko (2007) = $24.6 million Only his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), at his box office zenith of $119 million, pushed one of Moore's films over the magic $100 million mark. That film was also controversial, but it may have touched a nerve where people put politics aside to go see it.