Episode III at the Box Office [Merged]

It's breaking records already...

Star Wars Midnight Screenings Reap $17M
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 19, 2005

20th Century Fox's Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith shattered records out of the gate with an estimated $16.5 million-to-$17 million in receipts from the midnight shows alone, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"We'll be counting the grosses for a while. It's an absolutely remarkable number. It seems like the industry got kickstarted last night at midnight," said Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution for Fox.

Snyder noted that final numbers will not be available for some time because midnight shows are not usually broken out of a single day's gross at the boxoffice.

Nice find dd, wonder what the record was before.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1171&p=.htm
AOTC only got 6 or 7 million

8 million by Return of the king.

guys that 17 million number is in box office world: Record shattering. Beat the old record by double. It will get the opening day and single day record which is held by spiderman 1 for a 39 million opening day and 44.5 million by shrek 2 for biggest single day.

HOLY CRAP!!!1

I'm not surprised. The theater I went to was showing ROTS on 17 of 21 screens (they probably added it to the other 4) and they were ALL sold out.

Sink the Damn Boat! 🙂

doubt it. It could be very frontloaded or people will flood to see it the first three weekends then it will slide.

I know Manny I'm just hoping for Titanic to fall to ROTS but I realize the odds are against that happening.

Helly Yeah, hopefully this movie will become one big force powered iceberg.

Originally posted by astrofan428
Helly Yeah, hopefully this movie will become one big force powered iceberg.

😂

I doubt it'll knock Titanic... remember, internet movie pirating wasn't big back then. (was it even around?)

Originally posted by Texansfan05
I know Manny I'm just hoping for Titanic to fall to ROTS but I realize the odds are against that happening.

"Never tell me the odds"

Originally posted by ab2421
"Never tell me the odds"

😆

It make as much or more then Return of The King 370 million plus.

Rotk made 377 million!

Well it is off to a great start. I really hope it breaks Spiderman's opening weekned record of $115 million. It has a great chance to do it.

Originally posted by Texansfan05
Sink the Damn Boat! 🙂

Here's an article with a little more info and comparison to LOTR:
LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers flocked to the dark side in droves, giving the final installment of George Lucas' "Star Wars" tale a record-breaking midnight run.

"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" raked in an estimated $16.5 million from 2,900 midnight screenings Thursday, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

That's double what the Oscar-winning film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" took in during its midnight showings in 2003. The third film from director Peter Jackson's trilogy rang up about $8 million domestically from 2,100 midnight shows.

"This is extremely impressive," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations. "It just says so much about how excited people are to see this film that they lined up at midnight and just got on board and went along for the ride."

After the midnight debut, "Revenge of the Sith" widened to 3,661 theaters for daytime and evening screenings. The studio, 20th Century Fox, said box-office results for the first full day would be available Friday.

Tickets for the film went on sale last month. Soon after, legions of fans began lining up at theaters across the country, many dressed in full "Star Wars" regalia and sporting Jedi light sabers.

The final chapter in Lucas' six-film saga chronicles Anakin Skywalker's transformation from hero to villain Darth Vader. The film may be the darkest chapter in the "Star Wars" story, featuring more violence and a story line showing how a democratic government turns into a despotic regime.

"Revenge of the Sith" is the first "Star Wars" film to earn a PG-13 rating. The first five films were rated PG.

This movie will hold the record for Openning Day AND Opening Weekend for quite a long time.

I don't think anything will knock it off number one at the box office for quite a while....Batman won't...War of the Worlds probably will.

As far as record...It depends how soon it drops off. The Midnight record, I think...will NEVER be broken. The busiest 24 plex out here in Phoenix sold out 20 screen and went to 330am showings. Wow.

alright whats the update?