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Revenge of the Sith - Box Office Report
An exclusive to YodasNews and MasEFX
Revenge of the Sith drew an estimated $16.5 million from midnight showings alone on its opening day. In comparison, The Return of the King only rang up $8 million on its opening midnight in 2003. Spider-Man did around $7 million. Revenge of the Sith then closed on a Thursday, it's first day of release, with $50,013,859. That's the biggest day ever for a movie in history. Shrek 2 previously held the single day record with $44.8 million, which was a Saturday. Spider-Man 2 previously had the biggest opening day record at $40.4 million. Return of the Sith shattered both of those records. Revenge of the Sith then raked in an estimated $35 million on Friday. The final prequel amassed $85 million in two days, which beat Spider-Man's $83.0 million as the biggest two-day haul on record.
Revenge of the Sith blasted off with $158.4 million at the end of its opening weekend. It shattered the four-day record once held by Spider-Man 2's $130.5 million. By the end of its opening weekend, it had notched new milestones for midnight showing, opening and single day, two-day and three-day grosses. The most impressive part of these numbers is that Revenge of the Sith did not open during a Holiday weekend. Spider-Man 2 opened during the Fourth of July weekend.
Revenge of Sith crushed the overall foreign opening record with an estimated $145.5 million five-day haul from over 9,000 screens in 114 markets in 105 countries. George Lucas' final prequel topped the previous title holder The Return of the King's $127 million bow and more than doubled Attack of the Clone's $69.1 million debut.
Top Single Day Grosses
1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $50,013,859
2 Shrek 2 $44,797,042
Top 3-Day Grosses
1 Revenge of the Sith $124,237,232
2 Spider-Man $114,844,116TOP 4-Day Opening Grosses
1. Revenge of the Sith $158,449,700
2. Spider-Man 2 $130,456,123
TOP 5-Day Opening Grosses
1. Revenge of the Sith $172,802,507
2. Spider-Man 2 $152,411,751
TOP 6-DAY Opening Grosses
1. Revenge of the Sith $182,710,278
2. Spider-Man 2 $180,072,888Top Opening Weeks
1 Spider-Man 2 $192,085,360
2 Revenge of the Sith $191,363,169
3 The Matrix Reloaded $153,242,565
4 Spider-Man $151,622,504
5 The Return of the King $150,139,984Top 8-Day Openings
1 Spider-Man 2 $202,120,073
2 Revenge of the Sith $200,442,739
Top 9-Day Openings
1 Revenge of the Sith $215,913,000
2 Spider-Man 2 $211,257,583Top 10-Day Openings
1 Revenge of the Sith $236,733,000
2 Spider-Man 2 $225,116,345Other Records broken by Revenge of the Sith
Revenge of the Sith set the record for fastest to 100 million.
Revenge of the Sith set the record for fastest to 300 million.
Star Wars Movies - All Time
Star Wars $460,998,007 1977
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,301 1999
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $378,480,000 2005
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones $310,676,740 2002
Return of the Jedi $309,306,177 1983
The Empire Strikes Back $290,475,067 1980
2005 Box Office (as of 8/15/05)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $378,480,000
War of the Worlds $228,612,000
Batman Begins $201,174,000
Madagascar $189,458,351
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $183,788,000
Mr. and Mrs. Smith $182,554,000
Hitch $179,495,555
Wedding Crashers $164,051,000
The Longest Yard $156,948,000
Fantastic Four $148,419,000MistaBinks@aol.com
Box office information is used with permission and is courtesy of Box Office Mojo.
