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Re: Summer Movies 2002

Posted By: Ellmyruh, on host 12.246.62.34
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 03:11:40
In Reply To: Re: Summer Movies 2002 posted by Don the Monkeyman on Monday, May 13, 2002, at 22:25:26:

> > May 16 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
> >
> > Nothing needs to be said about this. Everybody will see it, even though the backlash against Episode I was harsh. Probably won't out-gross Spiderman, though, which is pretty surprising.
>
> Really? I haven't heard the figures for Spider-Man, so I suppose it's possible.

Spider-Man just wrapped up its second weekend, and it now holds the record for both the first and the fourth highest weekends of all time. (Harry Potter and The Lost World were second and third, respectively.) In addition, it took 13 days for Episode 1 to reach $200 million, while it only took Spider-Man nine days.

As for Episode 2, George Lucas himself doesn't think it will break records: "'Star Wars' creator George Lucas already has conceded his film will not break opening-weekend box-office records because it is debuting on about 6,000 theater screens, 1,500 fewer than 'Spider-Man.'" *

Ell"Some statistics are cool"myruh

Link: * Lucas quoted in this CNN article

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Message:	> > > May 16 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones > > > > > > Nothing needs to be said about this. Everybody will see it, even though the backlash against Episode I was harsh. Probably won't out-gross Spiderman, though, which is pretty surprising. > > > > Really? I haven't heard the figures for Spider-Man, so I suppose it's possible. > > Spider-Man just wrapped up its second weekend, and it now holds the record for both the first and the fourth highest weekends of all time. (Harry Potter and The Lost World were second and third, respectively.) In addition, it took 13 days for Episode 1 to reach $200 million, while it only took Spider-Man nine days. > > As for Episode 2, George Lucas himself doesn't think it will break records: "'Star Wars' creator George Lucas already has conceded his film will not break opening-weekend box-office records because it is debuting on about 6,000 theater screens, 1,500 fewer than 'Spider-Man.'" * > > Ell"Some statistics are cool"myruh
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