A) the boxoffice returns aren't actually crappy.

this year, to date: 7.08 billion
same timeframe last year: 7.6 billion

Keep in mind, last year had Shrek 2, Passion of the Christ and Spider-Man 2 all on top of each other. No one at the beginning of 2004 thought that year was going to be THAT huge. And this year isn't all that disappointing, either.

Oh and not to be too presumptious, but sage?

they're tired of inner-city morons

Farenheit 9/11 pissed off too many people

crippled gay-black police captain who's always yelling at his idiot white cops who don't play by the rules, latina tough-girl who weighs 75lbs soaking wet who can kick any man's a## with her bare hands, conservative bashing,

So, not to put too fine a point on it, but a big budget remake of "Birth of a Nation" wouldn't be all that displeasurable to you?