I know all of us could predict that Revenge of the Sith was going to do VERY well at the box office this week… but even I didn’t think it would do THIS well.
Apparently Revenge of the Sith took in a healthy $158.5-million (U.S.) since its opening to shatter three-day and four-day box office records. Now to put that into perspective (What kind of perspective does $158.5 million need?) the former 3 day record holder was Spider-Man which made around $114.8-million in May, 2002… Revenge of the Sith made $124.7 million for it’s opening 3 days… beating the old record by about $10 million dollars!!! Holy Crap!
Also, internationally Revenge of the Sith has also done pretty well pulling in another $150 million. So George spent about $125 million of his own money to make Episode III… and got more than double that back in the first weekend. Wow.
I still don’t think it’ll beat the overall record that Titanic set… but don’t you worry… George will still be able to pay his bills and avoid living on the streets.
It certainly has Stephanie. ;-)
The latest figures should be available at Box Office Mojo.
YYesss!!!!! Star Wars made it!! It broke records!! I knew it would, it´s the best movie I have ever seen. Im so glad that it beat the crap of spider man and maybe it will beat up titanic. Let´s hope it does although titanic it´s one of my favorite movies.
News form the UK regarding Sith:
LONDON: Darth Vader broke British box office records at the weekend as fans of the Star Wars space fantasy flocked to watch its final instalment, Screen International said on Tuesday.
Director George Lucas’s Star Wars: Episode III √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Revenge Of The Sith took a record 10.7 million pounds on its opening three-day weekend, beating the previous champion Shrek 2 by 90,000 pounds.
Here’s the link:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3292176a1860,00.html
I don’t think it will beat Titanic, but I will be very suprised if it doesn’t beat Return of the King.
John says, "I still dont think it will beat the over-all record that Titanic has set.l."
John, I find your lack of faith disturbing. -Darth Vader
The scary thing is……the weekend box office was DOWN again for the 12th sraight week. That’s not good at all.
Box-office figures have nothing to do with art of cinema. Having said that, both Revenge of the Sith and Titanic are excellent movies in its own way. There is no point in comparing them.
I was expecting about $120m tops for the 4 day period, so this number floored me this morning while I was listening to the news.
As far as it beating Titanic – it’s a tough goal, but damn it, the fans (and public) need to come together and make sure it happens!
Sorry…I just hate that over-hyped piece of crap movie. ;)