X-Men Explodes with $44.5 Million in 24 Hours
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Well, those of you who thought The Da Vinci Code was going to suck some life out of X-Men: The Last Stand, forcing its opening numbers to drop below those of X2, were sadly mistaken. Talk about one helluva stand, the third (and final?) installment in the X-Men series has reportedly taken in $44.5 million on Friday alone. Someone get me Brett Ratner -- I want to give him a great, big kiss. Muah!
With those kinds of numbers, X-Men: The Last Stand officially took in more money than any film on its first Friday, like, ever. While it fell roughly $10 million shy of beating the current one-day record holder, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, pic did manage to knock Friday's reigning champion, Spider-Man, out of its top spot. And what about Da Vinci? Well, Dan Brown was no match for Wolverine, scraping together barely $10 million. Take that Christ haters! Will X-Men: The Last Stand defeat Spider-Man's three-day record of $114 million? Will Da Vinci fight back? Will I find the time to get my lazy ass off the couch to see either of these films? Martha will be back later in the weekend to give us the final numbers. Man, talk about a cliffhanger.
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5-28-2006 @ 5:25PM
dana said...
but everyone i know who's seen it didn't much like it, so i wonder how much negative word of mouth will effect it in its second week. probably not much.
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5-29-2006 @ 2:45AM
ntcasti said...
It's daily estimates over the weekend look pretty disappointing with around 33 and 29 million, respectively, for Saturday and Sunday.
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5-29-2006 @ 5:01PM
Rob said...
In response to your reference of the da vinci code "christ haters", You have successfully proved your ignorance. Although being this day and age you still have the chance to right your stupidity. I am under the impression that all journalism no matter how meeger and brain numbing should start with a basis of general education. To be a critic of any sorts YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. First do a little research, than exclude your self.(especially if your an idiot, unless your goal in life is to prove your inferiority to any reasonable species)-.
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8-21-2006 @ 10:11AM
Mag said...
To me, I think this figure is much too much more the movie deserves during the whole period, not in 24 hours.
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