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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
Star Wars Hip Hop Style-
Obi Wan: Yo, Ani, dawg, where ya at, holla atcha boy?!?!?!
Anakin: Chillin wit da Syph, man!
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:30:54 PM PDT
by
MahaMarty
(This'll probably get me suspended...AGAIN!)
To: beebuster2000
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:31:01 PM PDT
by
tang-soo
(Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
To: discostu
Fox doesn't have their logo on it for fun. They laid down some money to get that and will be getting plenty more money back. I read that Fox gets $50 million to cover distribution costs and Georgie gets the rest.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:31:54 PM PDT
by
gore_sux
(and so does Xlinton)
To: West Coast Conservative
that was Lucas' original plan. Unfortunately, the $50M will just encourage him. On the other hand, since he's move into a PG-13, I expect the nexet set will be R or even X. I was disappointed that Lucas cut the sex scenes between Yoda and Natalie.
Yoda "quite a swordsman" is...
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:32:30 PM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: packrat35
IIRC few of the post 1990 movies are in the top 20.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:34:39 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Borges
Wow...what in the world did Kingdom of Heaven do?
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:35:08 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: West Coast Conservative
To: Junior
Average is $10? With matinees and everything? What's your source?
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:36:51 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(It's 2005, and two wrongs still don't make a right.)
To: xp38
It was 6th with $406,495.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:40:50 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: gore_sux
I doubt Fox is only getting re-imbursement.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:42:10 PM PDT
by
discostu
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
To: Borges
No, the average ticket price today in the U.S. is $6.40. Even adjusted for inflation ROTS would still crush the openings of TPM, Spiderman, and Matrix Reloaded.
To: macamadamia
Belongs to the ages, or belongs to the ashes?
To: Borges
Thanks...since this 50 million figure is only the US and maybe Canada the rest of the world isn't even being counted but I would guess its pretty large as well. Probably well north of 100 million for opening day.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:48:48 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: cripplecreek
It already came on DVD..... in Schanghai !
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:52:47 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: gallandro
"$6.40."
where? In colorado, theaters go for at least $8, with our local being $9.50 and $1 service charge per ticket if not bought at the window.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:58:36 PM PDT
by
shellshocked
(They're undocumented Border Patrol agents, not vigilantes.)
To: All
thankx but i'm waiting for SpaceBalls II "The Search for MORE Money!!!"
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:58:54 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: West Coast Conservative
They should be forced to pay a greater percentage of health care or contribute more to medicaid.
After all, they are one of those eeeevvvviiilll corporations.
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posted on
05/20/2005 2:59:29 PM PDT
by
Ghost of Philip Marlowe
(Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
To: West Coast Conservative
To: Minnesoootan
I hear that Hillary Clinton breathes *oxygen.* You going to hold your breath?
I saw it at midnight Wednesday at the Uptown in DC. Best film of the 6. Really dark.
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
05/20/2005 3:11:14 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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