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Sunday, May 22, 2005

Anyone who follows the boxoffice knows that Lucas and Co. were battling SpiderMan for the biggest weekend gross of all time.  And as you know from the title, the teen do-gooder who dresses in blue tights beat out the teen who turned to evil to retain the title.  Revenge of the Sith only brought in $108.8 million in its first weekend, which barely surpassed Shrek 2 ($108 million), let alone reach the $115 million of SpiderMan.  Yes, this a major defeat.

Sith broke the first four-day ticket sales record, beating out The Matrix Reloaded.

The overall take for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, however, has reached $158 million. For more information, check out this AP report.


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