LATEST: ROTS breaks $50 MILLION on Day One - Breaks Record!
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LATEST: ROTS breaks $50 MILLION on Day One - Breaks Record!
'Star Wars' day 1: A record $50M
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The final chapter of the "Star Wars" movie saga grossed a record $50 million from its first 24 hours in North American theaters, the highest box office tally for a single day, according to studio estimates issued Friday.
"Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," the last installment in the six-part epic George Lucas launched nearly 30 years ago, surpassed the previous opening-day box office record set by "Spider-Man 2" -- $40.4 million -- and the $44.8 million single-day benchmark "Shrek 2" grossed in its fourth day of release, according to Exhibitor Relations Inc.
The unprecedented first-day success of "Revenge of the Sith," which opened at 12:01 a.m. Thursday in sold-out theaters packed with costumed fans, sets the film firmly on course to becoming one of the biggest blockbusters of all time.
"We've never seen this before," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracking service Exhibitor Relations. "This is an unprecedented achievement."
At the very least, "Sith" appeared on track to eclipse the $110 million grossed by its immediate predecessor, "Attack of the Clones," through its first weekend three years ago.
"Clones," which also opened on a Thursday, grossed $30.1 million its first day.
Distributor 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. Ltd. , debuted "Revenge of the Sith" on about 9,400 screens in nearly 3,700 theaters in the United States and Canada. The movie also opened internationally.
Thanks for the posts guys. You can also check out these updates at the ECHO STATION through www.starwars.sg . We had already posted the figures there in Singapore currency earlier today.
You can also access it directly at :
http://www.starwars.sg/echostation.php
The international box office receipts have not been factored in yet, as these figures are only for the USA domestic box office, so imagine if we add all the box office receipts world wide.... it will be an astounding figure !
We'll get you the international figures as soon as we can.
You can also access it directly at :
http://www.starwars.sg/echostation.php
The international box office receipts have not been factored in yet, as these figures are only for the USA domestic box office, so imagine if we add all the box office receipts world wide.... it will be an astounding figure !
We'll get you the international figures as soon as we can.
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Latest box office receipts just in ..... Revenge breaks the two day US Domestic box office record !
http://www.starwars.sg/echostation.php
http://www.starwars.sg/echostation.php
LATEST NEWS : 23rd May 2005 - Star Wars episode III : Revenge of the Sith has taken in a staggering S$500 million in worldwide box office receipts in its first 5 days, a new record for any film . For the full story, check out the ECHO STATION .
http://www.starwars.sg/echostation.php
http://www.starwars.sg/echostation.php
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