Dapper Dan
05-19-2005, 04:07 PM
Star Wars Midnight Screenings Reap $17M
Source: The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/)
May 19, 2005
20th Century (http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=9687#) Fox's (http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=9687#) Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=4777) shattered records out of the gate with an estimated $16.5 million-to-$17 million in receipts from the midnight shows alone, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We'll be counting the grosses for a while. It's an absolutely remarkable number. It seems like the industry got kickstarted last night at midnight," said Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution for Fox.
Snyder noted that final numbers will not be available for some time because midnight shows are not usually broken out of a single day's gross at the boxoffice.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/)
May 19, 2005
20th Century (http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=9687#) Fox's (http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=9687#) Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=4777) shattered records out of the gate with an estimated $16.5 million-to-$17 million in receipts from the midnight shows alone, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We'll be counting the grosses for a while. It's an absolutely remarkable number. It seems like the industry got kickstarted last night at midnight," said Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution for Fox.
Snyder noted that final numbers will not be available for some time because midnight shows are not usually broken out of a single day's gross at the boxoffice.