A documentary based on New York Times best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza's 2010 book, The Roots of Obama's Rage (Regnery Press), will expand nationwide this weekend after doing notable business in select markets across the country, including New York City. Featuring the tagline "Love him or hate him, you don't know him," 2016: Obama's America was produced by Gerald R. Molen (Schindler's List).

2016: Obama's America grossed $1.2 million last weekend as its theater count grew from 61 to 169 for a total box office gross of $2 million, the second-best showing of the year for a documentary after Bully ($3.2 million), The Hollywood Reporter observed.

The movie came in at No. 13 at the box office at the weekend, just behind Ted and Ice Age: Continental Drift, representing a bump of 293% from the previous week, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

Now the No. 2 conservative documentary after Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed ($7.7 million), the film projects what the world might look like should Obama be re-elected. Today, Obama's America, co-directed by D'Souza and John Sullivan, will expand to 1,075 theaters on the eve of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., which gets under way Aug. 27.

Other books by D'Souza—president of The King's College in New York City and a former White House analyst—include Godforsaken and What's So Great About Christianity (both Tyndale House Publishers). His daughter, Danielle D'Souza, is realeasing her first book, Y God, with Regal in October.

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