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Nieuwe Star Wars breekt alle records 	

NEW YORK 22/05 (BELGA/AG) = De nieuwe Star Wars-film 'Revenge of the
Sith' heeft dit weekeinde een nieuw record in de VS gebroken. De film
is na vier dagen roulatie het grootste kassucces ooit. Volgens de
studio bracht hij al 158,5 miljoen dollar op in de VS. Daarmee
overtreft hij de in maart 2003 gereleasde "Matrix Reloaded" die na
zijn eerste weekeinde meer dan 24 miljoen dollar opbracht. Al op de
eerste dag bracht Star Wars meer geld (50 miljoen dollar) in het
laatje dan om het even welke film voor hem. Het vorige eendagsrecord
was voor Shrek 2, met 44,8 miljoen dollar aan opbrengsten. Star Wars
wordt vertoond in meer dan 9.000 zalen in de VS.(vdh) (Belga 05:45)

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Maar elders (Movie-List.com forums) lees ik:

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Box office records broken by Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the
Sith since opening Thursday:

Midnight Showing: $16.5 million (Not sure what old record was, or even
if it was officially kept)

First Day: $50 million (previous Spider-Man 2, $40 million)

Single Day: $50 million (previous Shrek 2, $44.1 million)

Two-day: $83.8 million (not sure what previous record was)

Three-Day: $124.7 million (previous Spider-Man $114.8 million)

Four-Day: $158.5 million (previous Matrix Reloaded $134.3 million)

Five-day record: not sure what Star Wars will be, but old record was
$152.8 million by Spider-Man 2, which Star Wars beat after 4 days

About the only one not broken is the Friday through Sunday record of
$114.7 million set by Spider-Man.... Star Wars "only" got $108 million
in that time.

After four days, Episode III is already 111th on the all-time highest
box-office list.

Anyone want to make any predictions on whether Episode III will
replace Titanic at $600 million as the top box-office movie ever?

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Dus niet alle records zijn gebroken... ;-)

Voor wie wil vergelijken met de vorige prequels:
http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/Article.php?a=713

Interessante links in dit verband:
http://movieweb.com/movies/box_office/alltime.php
http://movieweb.com/movies/box_office/daily/film_daily.php?id=7
http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/wbotitle.php?t=2594

En voor de wiskundefreaks:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007255410x/student_view0/chapter_6/economic_naturalist_exercises.html

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