HOME Saturday, May 21, 2005 Sith Breaking Records According to the AP today, Sith has broken two boxoffice records: 1. Thursday's 12:00 AM showing on 2,900 screens nationwide brought in $16.5 million dollars.  That beat out the Return of the King, from 2003, which had a midnight take of only $ 8 million. 2. Thursday's single day boxoffice take was $50 million dollars on 3,661 screens nationwide. This beat out the previous record by Shrek 2, which brought in $44.8 million. The next record that Revenge of the Sith is dying to beat is held by SpiderMan.  It's the opening three day gross.  SpiderMan owns that record, taking in $114.8 million dollars in its opening weekend.   12:33:49 PM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] Blog banner taken from the oil painting "The Departure" (40"x 30") by Michael Parker, 1999. May 2005 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31         Apr   Jun Click on one of the calendar days to read my journal posting for that day. E-MAIL ME Film Page PREVIOUS POSTS Taking a Sabbatical Memorial Day Remembering Ismail Merchant Judgement Day What Type of Movie Do You Most Like? Breaking News! SpiderMan Retains Weekend Boxoffice Title Sith Breaking Records Music of the Here and Now "Underachievement of Escapist Entertainment" Another Sith Review An Idealist You Say Inconsistancy Dilutes Revenge of the Sith Rolling Stone Publishes Review of Sith The Phantom of the Opera (2004) The Filmgoers Strike Back DVDs and Films A Revelation: Fans Taking Over Plotting Escape The Ghosts of Cambodia Song of the Wadi Hatin Defending Yourself Some Good Contemporary Poetry What Classic Movie Are You? "Throw Yourself Like Seed" by Miguel de Unamuno Why I Ran Last Night FAVORITE BLOGS    Archives July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna Duran Duran "Astronaut" Tour U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: Updated Salon Blogs Salon Rankings