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Aldo Baez
Master Film Handler

Posts: 266
From: USA
Registered: Mar 2001

posted 05-22-2002 01:21 PM

Worldwide was 186 million, U.S. was 110 million. I think it said Spiderman rest of the world did 63 million while Star wars did 66.

And star wars has not opened in many countries so it's not a world worldwide.

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Greg Mueller
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From: Port Gamble, WA
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posted 05-22-2002 01:51 PM

"With an additional $66.7 million in box office receipts from 74 other countries, "Episode II" made $177 million worldwide."

74 other countries.... that's pretty world wide I'd say

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Aldo Baez
Master Film Handler

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From: USA
Registered: Mar 2001

posted 05-22-2002 05:28 PM

True, but it has not opened in Mexico/Latin America, Japan, South korea, india. All of which are pretty major markets.

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Charles Everett
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From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 05-26-2002 06:50 PM

First week (7 days) of Spider-Man: $151,622,504.

First week (7 days) of Star Wars Episode 2: $134,869,203.

The winner and still champion: Spider-Man!

Not only that, Spider-Man is in 3,876 theaters in US/Canada this Memorial Day weekend -- another new record!

FWIW all numbers quoted are US/Canada totals via Box Office Mojo.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-29-2002 12:22 PM

The new Entertainment Weekly has a banner headline on the cover: "Can Star Wars squash Spidey?"

A month ago I'd have never thought such a headline was possible, but now it's looking more and more like Spidey will win out.

I love it!

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Greg Anderson
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Ogden Valley, Utah
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 05-29-2002 02:52 PM

It's still an apples-to-oranges situation... but I'll play along for a moment.

Suppose this Spider-man franchise continues to be a huge success for years to come. I guarantee that no matter how bad you think the fifth Star Wars movie is, if they ever make a fifth Spider-man movie it will be absolute rubbish. (If this actually happens, I'm willing to return to this same thread many years from now to say "I told you so.")

So... you don't like Star Wars. Big deal. You don't need Spider-man to prove your point.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 06-09-2002 01:56 PM

I have nothing against Star Wars. As a movie fan, I'm neutral about the whole thing. I'm not a sci-fi buff, but anything that puts a lot of butts in the seats is just fine by me.

I just think it's hilarious that a film like Spider-Man can come out of left field and knock the hell out of a Star Wars movie when everyone in the whole industry would've bet their Beemers it would never happen.

I also have to admit to being somewhat resentful of the whole Star Wars thing for one big reason: We can't play the damn movie yet. I own a single screen in a small town, and because we fall under Fox's "Low grossing" policy, we have not been informed yet when we will get to play Star Wars II. It could be July...might not be until August. We just don't know and they will not say yet. We're probably looking at waiting until at least 8 or 10 weeks after the break. Meanwhile our audience is getting frustrated and impatient, possibly losing interest in seeing it, or deciding to wait for the video.

In contrast, we already played Spider-Man, not on the break but only 3 weeks in, and did very well with it. We play most movies either on the break or within the first 4 weeks...but not Fox movies.

If the Star Wars series were released by any other studio, we'd probably be playing EPII right now instead of having to guess when we might get it. Very frustrating for me AND my customers.

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Adam Fraser
Master Film Handler

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From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 06-10-2002 12:16 AM

Mike,
Add on to that Star Wars is still at 70%/60% for a two week run even after the 3 weeks that it has been out.

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Paul G. Thompson
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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 06-10-2002 12:46 AM

Bah! I was tracking it for a while, but I forgot my real goal was, which is to present a movie so the customers can enjoy it. I don't care what the movie is, its title, or what it is about. I just run them - I don't watch them.

I just start the movie when it is time, and that's it. If there is a problem with a presentation, I want to know what auditorium. I am not interested in the title of the movie. Titles are meaningless to me while I am running a booth. I go by numbers and my time table, not the name of the movie.

As they say in the navy, "Don't sweat the petty shit."

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