ROTS day 1: $50 Million in USA alone

Mr. T · Post by **Mr. T** » 2005-05-21 10:43pm

It's strange, I thought that Episode 3 would actually be a (partial) let down, in terms of the box office after all the cynicism out there on prequel movies. It was obviously going to do good, but I didn't think it would do this good. Great movie though, it more than deserves it.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-05-22 03:39am

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.

Yuck, how terrible. Luckily, dubbing isn't accepted by the audience here in Sweden.
ROTS made 34.5 million dollars in the U.S. on Friday (a 31 % drop).

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-22 12:46pm

Revenge of the Sith made $40.9 million on Saturday, making a total of $124.7 million in three days.

BOM has early estimates for $33.8 million on Sunday based on Friday's gross, making a four day total of $158.5 million, but I think it's too early to estimate Sunday.

But where are the international figures?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-22 01:34pm

Whoops, spoke too soon.

International numbers are in, and so far the film has made $144.7 million overseas, for a grand total of $303.2 million so far.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-05-22 01:47pm

That's extremely good figures. $40.9 million for Saturday alone, that's more than Spider-Man made on its opening day alone. Much better than I had anticipated.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-22 03:15pm

The film's made more in four days what took Spider-Man over seven days to make.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2005-05-22 03:31pm

Meh, they got my $25.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-05-22 09:02pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Revenge of the Sith made $40.9 million on Saturday, making a total of $124.7 million in three days.

That can't be right, since then it would've shattered the 3-day record as well as destroying the previous 4-day record.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-05-22 09:18pm

Master of Ossus wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Revenge of the Sith made $40.9 million on Saturday, making a total of $124.7 million in three days.
That can't be right, since then it would've shattered the 3-day record as well as destroying the previous 4-day record.

Didnt it?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-22 09:24pm

Spider-Man still holds the three-day record.

EDIT: No wait, Revenge of the Sith did break the three-day record.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-05-22 10:02pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Spider-Man still holds the three-day record.

EDIT: No wait, Revenge of the Sith did break the three-day record.

Where are you getting that? CNN doesn't think it broke the 3-day record--only the 4 day and the single day ones.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-05-22 10:07pm

Box Office Mojo. They say it broke the following:

Midnight premiere
First day
Single day
Two-day
Three-day
Four-day