Tribune's John Horn wrote a story today about how green-themed movies are getting their butts kicked at the box office by Terminators and other escapist movies. 

It's been three years since "An Inconvenient Truth" won the Oscar, and many Americans are certainly becoming more eco-conscious in their lives. But that's not translating so much to other movies.

Doing well since it was released June 12 is “Food, Inc.,” a documentary about the dangers of the food supply. It's brought in $3.6 million. And “No Impact Man," about a man's obsessive yearlong quest to live sustainably, may also do well when it premiers in September, says Horn. 

But something is turning people off to other green movies such as “The Cove,” a documentary on Japanese dolphin killing. It's getting great reviews. But that's it.  “The Garden,” an Oscar-nominated documentary about the battle over a community garden in South Los Angeles, barely sold tickets when it premiered in April. There are plenty of others in the same situation.

Is the economy got everyone so down that they need a happy Hollywood flick to pull them out? No stars in a green documentary? Can Al Gore tell another inconvenient truth?  

Photo from the documentary "The Cove" courtesy of Roadside Attractions