The Matrix Reloaded Sets New Opening Day Record!
The Matrix Reloaded grossed a record $42.5 million on its opening day on Thursday, said the chief executive of AOL Time Warner. "The Matrix did $42,475,000. ... That's the largest one-day opening in the history of movies," AOL Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons said.
The one-day start puts the Matrix well on its way to breaking the box-office records for an opening weekend, says Reuters. Last year's Spider-Man holds the record for a best three-day opening with $114.8 million in ticket sales.
Spidey previously held the opening day record (on a Friday) with $39.4 million, while it made $43.6 million on the Saturday following, the biggest day ever at the box office.
The Matrix Reloaded debuted in 3,603 theaters and on a record 8,517 prints.
SOURCE: http://comingsoon.net/
The Matrix Reloaded Breaks Preview Record!
Friday, May 16, 2003 1:31 CDT
The dinos, webcrawlers and jedis will all be breaking a sweat when they hear the Wednesday-night preview box office figures for The Matrix Reloaded. To put it simply, the sequel smashed anything that has come before it.
Variety says the highly-anticipated sequel bowed to record grosses in late Wednesday showtimes prior to its formal opening Thursday, and first-day matinees were ringing up what executives called unprecedented numbers despite the film's R rating.
"It's become an event. The numbers I'm looking (at) on an hourly basis -- nobody has seen anything like it before," Warners distribution president Dan Fellman said. "The film is really a cultural phenomenon."
Warner Bros. won't formally report separate figures for its Wednesday night box office but instead will add those grosses into its Thursday totals, as usual.
The original Jurassic Park earned $3.1 million in first-night box office, and no film has matched that 1993 opening until now. It's believed "Reloaded" earned well more than $10 million from Wednesday night grosses alone!
The last big film to bow on a Thursday was last May's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, which grossed $30.1 million over its first day, including night-before totals. "Clones" then dipped about 19% in its Friday grosses and went on to tally $80 million Friday through Sunday for a four-day haul of $110.1 million.
The weekend box office for "Reloaded" may be so strong that it can even surpass the Friday-Sunday opening crown from current box office champ Spider-Man in its first three days. It's possible "Reloaded" will do so much business prior to Friday that besting Sony film's historic three-day weekend performance of $114.8 million will prove just beyond reach, however.
SOURCE: http://comingsoon.net/
The Matrix Reloaded grossed a record $42.5 million on its opening day on Thursday, said the chief executive of AOL Time Warner. "The Matrix did $42,475,000. ... That's the largest one-day opening in the history of movies," AOL Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons said.
The one-day start puts the Matrix well on its way to breaking the box-office records for an opening weekend, says Reuters. Last year's Spider-Man holds the record for a best three-day opening with $114.8 million in ticket sales.
Spidey previously held the opening day record (on a Friday) with $39.4 million, while it made $43.6 million on the Saturday following, the biggest day ever at the box office.
The Matrix Reloaded debuted in 3,603 theaters and on a record 8,517 prints.
SOURCE: http://comingsoon.net/
The Matrix Reloaded Breaks Preview Record!
Friday, May 16, 2003 1:31 CDT
The dinos, webcrawlers and jedis will all be breaking a sweat when they hear the Wednesday-night preview box office figures for The Matrix Reloaded. To put it simply, the sequel smashed anything that has come before it.
Variety says the highly-anticipated sequel bowed to record grosses in late Wednesday showtimes prior to its formal opening Thursday, and first-day matinees were ringing up what executives called unprecedented numbers despite the film's R rating.
"It's become an event. The numbers I'm looking (at) on an hourly basis -- nobody has seen anything like it before," Warners distribution president Dan Fellman said. "The film is really a cultural phenomenon."
Warner Bros. won't formally report separate figures for its Wednesday night box office but instead will add those grosses into its Thursday totals, as usual.
The original Jurassic Park earned $3.1 million in first-night box office, and no film has matched that 1993 opening until now. It's believed "Reloaded" earned well more than $10 million from Wednesday night grosses alone!
The last big film to bow on a Thursday was last May's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, which grossed $30.1 million over its first day, including night-before totals. "Clones" then dipped about 19% in its Friday grosses and went on to tally $80 million Friday through Sunday for a four-day haul of $110.1 million.
The weekend box office for "Reloaded" may be so strong that it can even surpass the Friday-Sunday opening crown from current box office champ Spider-Man in its first three days. It's possible "Reloaded" will do so much business prior to Friday that besting Sony film's historic three-day weekend performance of $114.8 million will prove just beyond reach, however.
SOURCE: http://comingsoon.net/
