REVENGE OF THE SITH's record rampage ended with Wednesday's gross of $8,652,951 continuing the expected drop during the weekday performances. Total gross for the film is now $191,363,169 which is $1,322,191 less than needed to achieve the highest grossing opening week record set by SPIDER-MAN 2 at $192,085,360.
To late best the web-slinging sequel as fastest to $200 million, SITH only has hopes of tying the record of $200 in 8 days if it grosses $8,636,831 on Thursday. Is it possible, absolutely. Likely...probably not. Chances of breaking $8 million for Thursday's gross is a stretch. However, if history has taught us anything, STAR WARS is an unpredictable franchise, and people may just want to see it one more time to start off week two of this blockbuster release.
If you did not see this film this week to help boost its gross, contributing to the failure in achieving the opening week record...I hereby guilt you in to seeing today. So put down your bootleg DVDs with the timecode, poor picture and sound, or badly cropped aspect ratio...and head to your local theatre.
I just might have to do this as well...to pick up the slack.
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I really feel the reason it did not break Spiderman 2's opening week record is because ther are still alot of people in school and people who are working and have not started summer vaction yet. Look at Spiderman 2 last year. It opened on Jun30th, during the summer where kids do not have school. I think business will pick up for ROTS starting this weekend with the holiday, and it will continue.
Thats right, quit watching those crappy bootlegs where it ruins the movie because of its bad quality. Go see it in theatres (DTS) or (DLP) only, no cellloid!
I might be going to see it tomorrow, not sure. I saw it on Tuesday though.
I deleted my bootleg cus it was more exciting when I got the real DVD for AOTC since I had only seen it once before that in the theater, and I want it to be the same when I get the ROTS DVD, I don't want to be sick of watching ROTS when I get the DVD.
Robin...I addressed this in a previous post. DTS is SOUND ONLY...the image is still projected off celluloid. DTS stands for DIGITAL THEATRICAL SOUND, and is much better than Dolby Digital EX...but I've always loved SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound).
So if you have seen it in a DTS theatre...it does not count as a digital screening. DTS has been around since the mid 1990's.
Congratulations, STAR WARS fans. You showed up in Force on Thursday giving SITH the much needed boost of $9,079,570, a 4.9% increase from Wednesday's gross of $8,652,95!
REVENGE OF THE SITH now ties the record of fastest movie to $200 million in 8 days, sharing the record with SPIDER-MAN 2. This brings the domestic SITH gross to a whopping $200,442,739!
Already the final installment of the STAR WARS SAGA is the 59th highest grossing domestic picture of all time, recently surpassing INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (79th) and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (62).
Worldwide, SITH Has grossed $356.9 million dollars and is ranked 92nd, and coming up closely on the worldwide 2005 leader, HITCH at $360.0 million.
New competition enters theatres this weekend, of notible interest is Adam Sandler's THE LONGEST YARD, remaking the Burt Reynolds original, and MADGASCAR, the lastest CGI Animated feature. Also, quite a few sneak previews of CINDERELLA MAN are scheduled for Saturday night. Will SITH be knocked off the number 1 slot at the box office? Highly unlikely, as many second tier fans of the franchise likely put off seeing it the first weekend because of the crowds. Also, STAR WARS fans are noted for seeing the film multiple times.
My predictions for the SITH memorial day are an estimated $18 million on Friday, around $25 million of Saturday and Sunday, and another respectable $12 million on Memorial Day. Look for Madagascar to place second.
RECORD RECAP:
In SITH'S opening week, here are the broken records:
Highest Grossing Opening Day
Highest Grossing Thursday
Highest 2-Day Gross
Highest 3-Day Gross
Highest 4-Day Gross
Highest 5-Day Gross
Highest 6-Day Gross
Tied Fastest to $100 Million
Tied Fastest to $200 Million
Highest Grossing Movie of 2005
Maybe we should save the parade for when it at least beats out Shrek 2 which is still 3rd all time domestically right behind Star Wars ANH. Another reason to beat out Shrek 2 is because it knocked down the Phantom Menace down a spot last year.
That's right we should hold the parade until it get's 3rd I still think it has a shot at 2nd. I would like it to pull off a shocker and become only the 2nd film ever to reach $500 million. But I'll be real happy if it sinks the damn boat.
Lets focus on other records first, like the record fastest to $300 million, which I think SITH can easily do on or before next friday or trying to break Shrek 2's $72.1 million second weekend. If you want any indicator of how well it will do, these two records are the next biggy.
Personally I want both records, so lets see SITH this weekend...before Monday.
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May 26th, 2005 03:01 PM
