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To: dpwiener

$200 Million in three weekends will outpace Titanic. If that happens, that will be amazing.


11 posted on 05/18/2006 7:01:59 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: HEY4QDEMS
$200 Million in three weekends will outpace Titanic. If that happens, that will be amazing.

Not really. Titanic had a titanic total gross because it defied the normal box office pattern and kept generating high ticket sales week after week after week. Other blockbusters follow the normal pattern of a huge opening followed by a predictable tailing off.

For example, Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Spider-Man, and Star Wars - The Phantom Menace all racked up over $100 million on their first weekends and over $200 million by the Monday after their second weekends. It would not be at all surprising for The Da Vinci Code to pull in similar grosses.

12 posted on 05/18/2006 10:05:37 AM PDT by dpwiener
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