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(US) Box office estimates for May 20-22 weekend
Source: Variety Grossing $158.5 million in its first four days, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith finished George Lucas' sci-fi epic like it started in 1977: raising the bar for blockbusters. Released day-and-date by 20th Century Fox in 115 territories, "Sith" has already taken in $303 million. Among the records claimed by "Sith" is the largest four-day opening, outpacing 2003's "The Matrix Reloaded," which rang up $134.3 million after it opened on a Thursday. "Sith" also set the record for the largest single-day gross with $50 million on opening day, including $16.9 million from the midnight shows, also a record. New Line's Monster-in-Law dipped just 38% from last week's opening to $14.4 million to claim the No. 2 spot. Universal's Kicking & Screaming in it's second week out brought it $10.5 million, which was a 48% drop and placing it in the No. 3 spot. Lions Gate's Crash, managed some amazing resiliency, dipping just 22% in its third week to $5.5 million, placing it in fourth place. Finishing out the top five was Rogue's Unleashed with 3.8 million in its second week. The Jet Li, Morgan Freeman action-adventure was down 65% and now has a total of $17.6 million. | # | Movie Title | Weekend Gross | Total Gross | Wks | | 1. | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | $108,500,000 | $158,500,000 | 1 | | 2. | Monster-in-Law | $14,350,000 | $44,173,000 | 2 | | 3. | Kicking & Screaming | $10,531,000 | $34,006,000 | 2 | | 4. | Crash | $5,500,000 | $27,603,000 | 3 | | 5. | Unleashed | $3,841,000 | $17,567,000 | 2 | | 6. | Kingdom of Heaven | $3,350,000 | $41,031,000 | 3 | | 7. | House of Wax | $3,159,000 | $26,783,000 | 3 | | 8. | The Interpreter | $2,802,000 | $65,295,000 | 5 | | 9. | The Hitchhiker's Guide... | $2,006,000 | $46,854,000 | 4 | | 10. | Mindhunters | $909,000 | $3,465,000 | 2 |
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