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'Sith' Scores $50 Million on First Day in Theaters [Biggest Open in History]
Dow Jones Market Watch ^ | May 20, 2005

Posted on 05/20/2005 1:06:46 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

"Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" scored $50 million in first-day receipts at 3,661 theaters across the nation on Thursday, box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations said Friday. The take handily beats the one-day record of $44.8 million set last year by "Shrek 2." "Sith" is distributed by News Corp.'s (NWS) 20th Century Fox film unit.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; episodeiii; hollywood; lucas; maythedorksbewithyou; revengeofthesith; sith; starwar
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To: dc-zoo

I think you mean Syph.


61 posted on 05/20/2005 1:52:18 PM PDT by MahaMarty (This'll probably get me suspended...AGAIN!)
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To: Clemenza

"You are a very, very BAD man, Peter!"


62 posted on 05/20/2005 1:52:22 PM PDT by Blzbba (Let them hate us as long as they fear us - Caligula)
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To: West Coast Conservative

So is this more or less money than Jane Fonda's latest screed?


63 posted on 05/20/2005 1:52:32 PM PDT by sandydipper (Less government is best government!)
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To: Junior

Thats what I was thinking. How does the movie compare when inflation is taken into account?


64 posted on 05/20/2005 1:53:15 PM PDT by Celtic Rose (It may be prudent in me to act sometimes by other men's reason, but I can think only by my own)
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To: MahaMarty

Yes..(sp) thanks.


65 posted on 05/20/2005 1:54:03 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: Momaw Nadon

I did too! And then I saw it again 18 hours later with my mom :). I agree it was definitely great. Second only to the Empire Strikes Back as far as movies go! But then again as my screen name suggests, I am some what of a Star Wars geek :)


66 posted on 05/20/2005 1:54:31 PM PDT by the right side jedi
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To: DTA
Can you suggest the order of watching all episodes?

I've read recently that viewing "Revenge of the Sith" followed by Episodes 4, 5, and 6 are more all anyone could want since all the plot lines from Episodes 1 and 2 are bundled into "Sith".
I have 3, 4 and 5 on DVD and will likely get this one when available and treat the four as a complete 'Saga'.

67 posted on 05/20/2005 1:55:17 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you only knew the powerrrrr of the Tagline.)
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To: Sir Gawain

Not sure, but word was she was intensely unhappy on the set. Word had it that Lucas came close to replacing her. What he ended up doing was simply trimming her part down to the bare minimum.


68 posted on 05/20/2005 1:57:09 PM PDT by The Iguana
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To: Clemenza

I saw it and it was pretty good. Definitely the best of this trilogy. The acting and dialog was a little weak. Too many (and too long) light saber fights. The story development seemed a little rushed. You could tell Lucas was trying to tie up all the loose ends and satisfy the die hard fans. This could have been 2 movies instead of one. Personally, I didn't see the so called references to the Bush administration. Worth $7 dollars just to see the fantastic special effects. Makes you appreciate the original series starting in 1977. Amazing what they were able to do back then with the technology they had. We took and the kids. My wife and I were musing that we were younger than our kids are now, when we saw the first one. Time flies!


69 posted on 05/20/2005 1:57:33 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: West Coast Conservative
Look at these returns for Thursday!:

1. Revenge of the Sith $50,013,859
2. Monster-in-Law $1,485,000
3. Kicking and Screaming $690,855
4. Crash $541,727
5. Unleashed $466,000

I've never seen such a huge gap between one and two.

P.S. Numbers 3 and 4 are aptly titled considering the circumstance.
70 posted on 05/20/2005 2:00:18 PM PDT by Borges
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To: MotleyGirl70

Or you can just burn down the building.


71 posted on 05/20/2005 2:00:30 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: West Coast Conservative

"Roger Ebert thinks Episodes VII, VIII, and IX will be made."

I'm thinking that's going to require a WHOLE lot of wheelchairs and walkers and Ben-Gay.

{Ask me how I know about walkers and Ben-Gay.}


72 posted on 05/20/2005 2:04:56 PM PDT by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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To: Borges

Even if you hate Star Wars, at least it destroyed Jane Fonda's movie.


73 posted on 05/20/2005 2:05:19 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Excuse Me?


74 posted on 05/20/2005 2:06:23 PM PDT by Cagey (These pretzels are making me thirsty.)
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To: Blzbba
Bob #2
75 posted on 05/20/2005 2:12:02 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Yardstick

Of course when they talk about top grossers then never factor inflation.


76 posted on 05/20/2005 2:14:11 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: discostu

FOX does not own the films as Lucas financed them himself. They will make plenty of money on distribution however. Lucas will make more.


77 posted on 05/20/2005 2:22:15 PM PDT by packrat35 (reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
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To: The Iguana

She did have very little screen time and little to do with it when she was on. My wife and I commented on it right afte the movie.


78 posted on 05/20/2005 2:26:54 PM PDT by packrat35 (reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
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To: tang-soo

burger king it was, left you should have


- YODDA


79 posted on 05/20/2005 2:29:07 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: Tribune7

Gone With the Wind is the all time champ when factoring in inflation by a hugh margin.


80 posted on 05/20/2005 2:29:40 PM PDT by packrat35 (reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
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