Scubatooth:
well i was one of the crazys that went and saw the movie at a little after midnight(but not one of those that dressed up unlike 99% of those that saw it at 1201 in one of the other theatres where i saw it. they had 8 screens showing it and all were sold out(450 per theatre* 8 screens *$7.75 ~30k for 1 showing set). as for tickets im not one for standing in line so i got them online and by passed the droves standing in line to by them, LOL
to me the movie was real good as luca tied up most of the lose end in the story, but it is one dark movie as it part it scared the stuff out of me. but now for me im waiting for the local imax to get it in and i will go see it again.
now anybody want to take bets on what this movie makes $$$ wise, as i have $20 in my groups bettting pool.
here are my bets
opening day take 20 million
Opening weekend ~200 million
Overall world Wide gross(before DVD sales) 1 Billion +
FWIW
Tooth
Here you go:
LOS ANGELES - The last of the "Star Wars" movies has done what no movie in history has ever accomplished sold $50 million worth of tickets in a single day.
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" grossed $50,013,859 from showings at 3,661 theaters and more than 9,000 screens around the country on Thursday, including special midnight shows, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. That beat the one-day record set in May 2004 by "Shrek 2," which sold $44.8 million on a single Saturday its fourth day in theaters.
"It's staggering," said Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution at Twentieth Century Fox. "It's probably 20 percent more than I thought we could do."
The George Lucas film, which features the transformation of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker into the evil Darth Vader, also beat the opening day record held by "Spider-Man 2," which grossed $40.4 million when it opened on a Wednesday last June.
"Fifty million is a good opening weekend, let alone a single day," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations. "This is the box office equivalent of a 100-year flood."
The news comes as a relief to Hollywood, which has seen a box office slump for 12 straight weeks.
Theater owners, studios and marketing partners had their hopes pinned on "Star Wars," to kick-start the summer movie season and they weren't disappointed.
The film debuted on 2,900 screens at midnight Thursday. The take from that one showing alone was $16.5 million, which beat the previous record of $8 million set by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in 2003.
