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Matrix Breaks International Record With $204 Million opening
11-09-03
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Update: The Matrix
Revolutions made a real splash world wide during its first five days in
the box office since opening last Wednesday. The first day profits for
the third installment in the Matrix trilogy brought in $43.1 million, the
second largest Wednesday opening in U.S. history. Whats more impressive
is the fact that the film scored the biggest international weekend of all
time with an estimated $118.6 million.
The fact that the film was opened on a
monumental scale didnt hurt. Warner Brothers expected the film to
be a big hit and as such they sent out a record 18,013 prints of the
film to 96 countries in 43 languages.
Another PR move by Warner Bros, had the
film opening simultaneously around the world. These openings spanned from
Los Angeles (6:00 AM) to New York (9:00 AM) to England (2:00 PM)
to Japan (11:00 PM) to Australia (1:00 AM Nov. 6th).
According to a press release from Warner
Brothers, the combined five-day opening weekend box office receipts for
The Matrix Revolutions totaled a staggering $204 million.
The film also set a new domestic record
for the second largest R-rated opening ever behind The Matrix Reloaded
with an estimated $85.470 million. Warner Bros reports that the film also
earned an estimated $14.9 million in the UK, Japan $14.8 million, France
$11.2 million, Germany $8 million, Spain $6.3 million, Italy $6.2 million,
Australia $5.5 million, Korea $5.2 million, Russia $4.8 million and $1.5
million in China.
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