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Records falling to 'Star Wars'
By Times Staff Writer
Published May 23, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers have turned out in full force for the final chapter of the Star Wars saga, which took in $158.5-million since its opening to shatter three-day and four-day box office records.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith grossed $124.7-million from Thursday to Saturday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That's higher than the three-day record set by the first Spider-Man, which took in $114.8-million in May 2002 - though Star Wars had a lower Friday-Sunday take ($108.5-million) than the Tobey Maguire film.
Revenge of the Sith rang in a whopping $50-million on its opening Thursday, a single-day record boosted by eagerly anticipated midnight showings, and its total receipts since then beat the four-day $134.3-million opening of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded. The George Lucas film has also grossed $144.7-million overseas for a total of $303-million worldwide.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday show last weekend's box office champ, Monster-in-Law, which marked Jane Fonda's return to the big screen as Jennifer Lopez's villainous prospective mother-in-law, slipped to a distant second with $14.4-million.
The Will Ferrell soccer comedy Kicking & Screaming took in $10.5-million to finish third.
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