ROTS day 1: $50 Million in USA alone

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-05-20 03:58pm

linky

thats a new record folks!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-05-20 04:08pm

I reiterate my "Fuckin' A!" remark in another thread.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2005-05-20 04:14pm

It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-05-20 04:14pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!

Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-05-20 04:16pm

jegs2 wrote:It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

Titanic was outdone by Episode IV when it was re-released as the special edition in cinemas.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-20 04:18pm

Laird wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!
Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

"You underestimate the power of...CNN?"

I kid, I kid...

Haminal10 · Post by **Haminal10** » 2005-05-20 04:21pm

CNN has updated with the new numbers.

Linky

My reaction?

HOLY SHIT

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-05-20 04:26pm

Holy crap!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-20 04:28pm

Laird wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!
Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

$50 million is being confirmed by various other sources, including Box Office Mojo.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-05-20 04:31pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Laird wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!
Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.
$50 million is being confirmed by various other sources, including Box Office Mojo.

CNN's article also holds it was $50 million on Thursday. I wonder what the total will be for the weekend.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-20 05:00pm

Some are speculating as high as $150 by Saturday or Sunday.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2005-05-20 05:04pm

jegs2 wrote:It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

The power of comics and famous tragedies are insignificant compared to the Force.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-05-20 05:43pm

[Austin Powers] work your mojo, baby! [/austin powers]

it's nearest competetor is J-Lo's crapfest 'Monster in Law' at 1.4 million.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-20 05:46pm

You know, I didn't even think about the international gross from yesterday. Factoring whatever that was, the film could have easily made more than $100 million on Thursday...

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2005-05-20 05:50pm

You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2005-05-20 05:50pm

jegs2 wrote:It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

I find your lack of faith disturbing...

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-05-20 05:59pm

Tribun wrote:You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.

dubbed or subtitled?

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2005-05-20 06:05pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Tribun wrote:You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.
dubbed or subtitled?

Of course dubbed.
In Germany, if you dare to bring a movie only with subtitles into the cinemas, you can be assured that it will be a financial desaster. We have a quite big industry here, to translate movies by dubbing the dialoge. People are used to high-quality dubbing.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2005-05-20 07:16pm

Damn, that's fucking high. I wonder if it'll beat Spider-Man (114M) for highest opening weekend gross.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-05-20 07:40pm

Tribun wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
Tribun wrote:You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.
dubbed or subtitled?
Of course dubbed.
In Germany, if you dare to bring a movie only with subtitles into the cinemas, you can be assured that it will be a financial desaster. We have a quite big industry here, to translate movies by dubbing the dialoge. People are used to high-quality dubbing.

Ugh. Live-action dubbing is a tragedy. German audiences won't go see a subtitled film?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-20 07:49pm

Hell no.

Although foreign dubbing is often very accomplished.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-05-20 09:37pm

observer_20000 wrote:Damn, that's fucking high. I wonder if it'll beat Spider-Man (114M) for highest opening weekend gross.

They're saying that it will beat the 4-day gross, but that it probably won't top the 3-day gross since it released on Thursday.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-05-21 06:35am

Joe wrote:
Tribun wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote: dubbed or subtitled?
Of course dubbed.
In Germany, if you dare to bring a movie only with subtitles into the cinemas, you can be assured that it will be a financial desaster. We have a quite big industry here, to translate movies by dubbing the dialoge. People are used to high-quality dubbing.
Ugh. Live-action dubbing is a tragedy. German audiences won't go see a subtitled film?

Subtitled movies aren't popular at all. People want to see a movie in German, not in a foreign language many won't understand without subtitles...
Everything gets dubbed, though there are cinemas, which have original version-showings, so I can watch the original.
And sometimes, very, very, rarely, the dubbing is an improvement over the original version

GuppyShark · Post by **GuppyShark** » 2005-05-21 07:41am

The low standards us English-speakers are accustomed to seeing from dubs are apparently more a side-effect of how little money there is in importing foreign-language materials to English. After all, the only ones who want to watch say, anime, are kids who won't care and anime fans who've already seen it fansubbed and won't buy it on official release.

I asked a German girl I had a one-nighter with about German cinema and the thought of watching the films in English with German subtitles had never occured to her.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-21 11:55am

Ugh, I want more numbers, God damn it. It seems to take twice as long to get any numbers, with the international perspective being completely silent...

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