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'Sith' Scores $50 Million on First Day in Theaters [Biggest Open in History]
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| 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: West Coast Conservative
"Sith" is distributed by News Corp.'s (NWS) 20th Century Fox film unit. More money in the pocket of Rupert Murdoch!
To: West Coast Conservative
People bought lots of pet rocks, too.
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:08:14 PM PDT
by
Bombardier
(Those who willingly accept dhimmitude are traitors to all humanity.)
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:09:54 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: West Coast Conservative
I'll get it when it comes out on DVD.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:10:50 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: Bombardier
It's a damn good movie. I loved it, and will see it plenty more times.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:11:41 PM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: West Coast Conservative
Saw it last night. Tied things up nicely. Recommend it.
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05/20/2005 1:12:01 PM PDT
by
Textide
To: West Coast Conservative
Man that's alot of geeks congregating in one day!
To: West Coast Conservative
Even taking into account the over optimistic counts the studios always put out, this is a big number.
To: West Coast Conservative
I stopped in the local Burger King for a sammich today...they had the Darth Vader breathing going over the intercom system...I almost walked out,almost.
To: Darth Reagan
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:14:56 PM PDT
by
marblehead17
(I love it when a plan comes together.)
To: Minnesoootan
being that it was burger king, you should have.
To: West Coast Conservative
The take handily beats the one-day record of $44.8 million set last year by "Shrek 2." Shrek 2?
It's surprising that a sequal to a kid's film would hold that record.
To: Minnesoootan
I stopped in the local Burger King for a sammich today...they had the Darth Vader breathing going over the intercom system...I almost walked out,almost.
Did you every think it might have been them monitoring one of the employees who was breathing on the food?
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05/20/2005 1:17:21 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: West Coast Conservative
Saw it at 630 am on Thursday-- boss bought the tickets and several of us went.
It was a really decent wrap up to the series-- and a fine movie to boot. I recommend it.
Best part was seeing all the 5 foot tall Darth Vaders and greasy haired Jedi Knights coming out of the 3 am show.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:17:26 PM PDT
by
agooga
(The Kyoto Protocol will lower global temperature by .07 degrees.)
To: Yardstick
The highest grossing films these days are always kids films.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:17:44 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Textide
Tied things up nicely. Recommend it. The rumor I'm hearing is that there will be three more... same thing I heard around the time the third in the first batch opened.
I took the kids to see this new one today. I noticed it was very long. It was okay. But that Anakin kid is a horrid actor. Lots of light saber action and such, flying spacecrafts, Yoda, Wookies.
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05/20/2005 1:17:53 PM PDT
by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
To: Minnesoootan
they had the Darth Vader breathing going over the intercom system..Try it in an anonymous phone call, and see how far it gets you.
To: beebuster2000
Fri is my sin day,I'm hooked on the spicy tendercrisp and syrupy Dr. Pepper....I can change,I know I can ;-)
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