Episode III at the Box Office [Merged]

Probably won't really know offical numbers for midnight until Friday. Monday or Tuesday for weekend grosses.

no friday afternoon for thrusdays numbers.
Saturday afternoon for fridays numbers.
Sunday morning for saturday's numbers.
Sunday afternoon for weekend estimates.

whats the mark ROTS is trying to beat? Titanic? how much did it make?

601 million US domestic returns (for its entire run)

Tops at the box-office records:

http://us.imdb.com/Top/

Well they have confirmed that ROTS made $16 million just from the midnight showings, shattering the record for midnight showings held by Lord of the Rings: ROTK, which was $8 million. I truly think it is going to break Spiderman's opening weekend record of $115 million.

i just herd something on cnn thats said somthing like 50 million, but i didnt here enough to know EXACTLY what they were talking about but i guess its been confirmed it has made atleast 50 million

50 million in one day for sith !!!
yea baby yea!!!!
💃

Just minutes ago MarketWatch reported;

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.

I doubt it will take the throne of top grossing flick, but jesus...50 million in a day!!! wow

100 million weekend is expected easily.

WOW!! And they're complaining about internet piracy. Greedy bastards! 😠

They're right to still complain about piracy...

Star Wars Breaks Box Office Records
Source: ComingSoon.net
May 20, 2005

While Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith was expected to have a big opening, no one expected it to be this big! George Lucas' third and final prequel in the "Star Wars" saga earned an incredible $50 million from 3,661 theaters on Thursday alone. That's an average of $13,661 per location for just one day.

The $50 million opening, which includes $16.5 million from midnight screenings, blows away the $40.4 million opening day record held previously by Spider-Man 2 from 4,152 theaters, and it also marks the biggest single day ever at the North American box office, beating Shrek 2's $44.8 million from 4,163 theaters.

In comparison, 1999's Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace debuted to $28.5 million in 2,970 theaters and 2002's Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones to $30.1 million in 3,161 locations.

Released by 20th Century Fox, "Revenge of the Sith" was produced for about $113 million.

lol how the hell did titanic ever get so much anyways lol, it a OK movie but really i mean, it had some inpressive parts with ship sinking but not that big lol.

Here are actual numbers...and new records:

Midnight Screening: $16,912,367
Opening Day: $50,013,859

Records that will never be broken...until prices are $20 per ticket.

source: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9709

Star Wars Breaks Box Office Records
Source: ComingSoon.net
May 20, 2005

While Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith was expected to have a big opening, no one expected it to be this big! George Lucas' third and final prequel in the "Star Wars" saga earned an incredible $50 million from 3,661 theaters on Thursday alone. That's an average of $13,661 per location for just one day.

The $50 million opening, which includes $16.5 million from midnight screenings, blows away the $40.4 million opening day record held previously by Spider-Man 2 from 4,152 theaters, and it also marks the biggest single day ever at the North American box office, beating Shrek 2's $44.8 million from 4,163 theaters.

In comparison, 1999's Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace debuted to $28.5 million in 2,970 theaters and 2002's Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones to $30.1 million in 3,161 locations.

Released by 20th Century Fox, "Revenge of the Sith" was produced for about $113 million.

Old news rocks!

Merging...

$50 Million in one day unbelievable If it breaks Spiderman's Record Weekend of $114 Million That would put it at $165 Million and already in the top 100 Highest Grossing Film's in the USA. After one weekend I think it's possible that ROTS will pass Spiderman. Now all we need to do is sink the damn boat 🙂 .

What amazes me is that the movie already out gross 9 of the 10 movies that are in the top 10 boxoffice of the week and they did it in a day. The only movie it has not out gross is The Interpreter, which has $62 million,but that will all change by the end of the night.

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