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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Steven Speilberg's War of the Worlds scared up $21 million dollars on Wednesday, besting the Wednesday opening numbers of Batman Begins.  These numbers make it Paramount Pictures biggest Wednesday opener.  Read AP article here.

(In comparison, Revenge of the Sith opened with a $50 million first day take.)

Projected weekend grosses are $73 million.

Medical and Psychiatry groups are calling for Americans to stay home and not go out to the film because of recent comments Tom made to Matt Lauer.  So we'll have to see if people stay away from a Speilberg film I believe is the best alien invasion film ever made.


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