The English Roses and butterfly figurines welcomed the guests. At the party, Madonna—dressed in a white satin frock—read from the book to a crowd consisting of teenagers and young children and later gave them gift baskets. Coleman Getty's idea was to have the literary press read the book for the first time at the party and write about the reaction it generated among the children. Only one photographer was allowed to take pictures of the event, and only the film crew from the BBC's children's news program, "Newsround", was allowed to film it. On September 15, 2003, Callaway released the picture book simultaneously
The War of the Roses (film) critics and a box office hit, bringing in $83.7 million domestically in U.S. box office receipts, and $160,188,546 worldwide. The film maintains an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In German-speaking regions, since the film's release, the word "Rosenkrieg" (meaning "Roses war", or less literally, "War of the Roses") has come to denote such a bitter fight for material possessions, as depicted in the film (and often also for custody of the children) with most speakers completely unaware of the word's origins. The War of the Roses (film) The War of the Roses is a 1989 American dark comedy film based