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Kiki-Gonn
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5/20/05 12:52pm
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Sweet! $50M. Star Wars Rules!!!
For everyone who said a depressing movie where you know what's going to happen etc. can't make a lot of repeat business, I have one word for you... Titanic.
I'm not saying this will be the number 1 movie of all time but the comparisons (tragic story, you know the end) are interesting to say the least.
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SirKnightLord
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5/20/05 1:09pm
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Good deal. Thanks, DamonD.
$50 million. Wow.
I honestly did not fully expect to see that figure pop up.
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Brew23
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5/20/05 1:32pm
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Impressive, Most impressive..... I'm sooo excited about this, and I hope the good numbers continue t/o the weekend and next weeks all important Memorial Day Weekend!!!
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Mr. P
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5/20/05 1:46pm
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did you read any of the reviews on that website? (box office mojo) THey are hilarious!!!
Gone is the snappy "walking carpet" tone and urgent "don't get cocky" pace; replaced by bad dialog dispatched in a low, neutral drone. Without contrast, lacking even Return of the Jedi's forest tranquility, The Phantom Menace's insistent score or Darth Maul's sense of purpose, there is not one memorable scene. A computerized planet is intended to look like Hell. It just looks fake.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/reviews/?id=starwars3.htm
and about hitchhiker's guide: ( http://www.boxofficemojo.com/reviews/?id=1801&p=.htm )
The robot, the president, the girl, the friend and Arthur band together to wander the cosmos, turning into vegetables and looking for a planet that may or may not exist. Add to all this such lessons as Don't Think, Man is Puny and Insignificant and rubbish about whales, mice and petunias and you have a drug-induced remake of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for Libertarians.
lol!
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EMPEROR_WINDU
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5/20/05 2:24pm
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One of my buddy's girlfriend saw it and told us she was going to see it half a dozen times with her and her group of girlfriends. Take that with a grain of salt, but it tells me two things:
1) The movie elicits a lot of emotional response, which people respond strongly to (Hell, both my parents want to see this movie and they've never seen a SW movie!)
2) They think Hayden is good looking
Repeat business is going to be a reality, to what scale however no one knows
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The_General_Grievous
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5/20/05 2:26pm
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well im going for my first viewing at 7:45, 4 people are coming with me.
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SWJaggy
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5/20/05 2:35pm
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Have you all checked TFN today? There is an article that says ROTS grossed $50 million in just the first day!
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stormcloud8
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I think the difference between Titanic and ROTS is that Titanic was tragic, but in a romantic and sweet kind of way. ROTS tears your gut out.
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Jeff 42
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did you read any of the reviews on that website? (box office mojo) THey are hilarious!!!
Their movie reviewer is infamous among the box office tracking community for writing such terrible reviews.
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DamonD
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5/21/05 2:26am
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With an Opening Day prediction of $50m, congratulations to JediHPDrummer!
We should get estimates in for Friday's take this evening. A drop is expected since we don't have the overnights anymore, but I'd be hoping for something in the $30m range.
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DamonD
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5/21/05 4:59am
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As Jamfocus pointed out...with an Opening Day prediction of $50m, belated congratulations to JediHPDrummer!
We should get estimates in for Friday's take this evening. A drop is expected since we don't have the overnights anymore, but I'd be hoping for something in the $30m range.
Well, what's gonna happen here is that the US, International and Worldwide predictions contests are still open. Now we know the opening day gross, just the same as in the other Box Office contests, no more Opening Day, 3-day, or 4-day predictions will be included on the list. It'd be a bit unfair to have predictions made weeks or even months ago up against figures calculated with actual data and posted since the 19th.
So...US, Int, and WW predictions are still accepted here, but be quick! For the same reasons as the other predictions, you won't have long...the deadline here will be next weekend. When the next Friday's estimates come in on next Saturday afternoon, to be exact.
Hope you're all fine with this. It's better than someone coming along on Day 40 and making a 'sudden' expert prediction of ROTS' final gross after all 
I've also noted down the more current predictions and they'll be on the list next time it's posted here. Hope to have time tonight.
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SWJaggy
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5/21/05 6:10am
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$50 million on just the first day!!!
I can't believe it. I'm waiting to see what is in store for the weekend.
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stormcloud8
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The total box office take for Star Wars is now at $1,850,000,000 dollars. That includes the $50 million for Sith. So, once Sith hits the $200 million barrier, the franchise will hit the 2 billion dollar mark in total box office. Gadzooks!
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DamonD
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5/21/05 1:19pm
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Just a note here...if that $35.5m Friday estimate holds up (in fact, so long as it's more than about $32.5m), then that'll be the 3rd highest Friday total in Box Office history.
And the only two films to open higher are Harry Potter 3 ($38.3m) and Spiderman ($39.4m) - both of which opened on a Friday. For ROTS to be so high as a Thursday opener is just phenomenal.
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stormcloud8
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5/21/05 1:24pm
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I'd also be curious if those previous Fridays were during the summer, or when school is still in session like yesterday. Big difference.
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