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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Sets Single-Day Box Office
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On first day of release, movie grossed a little more than $50 million
from showings at some 3600 theaters across US





Group of people dressed as Star Wars characters pose for photographers
outside New York's Ziegfeld Theater The final installment of the Star
Wars movies has done what no other film in cinematic history has
achieved, by selling $50 million worth of tickets in a single day.

On its first day of release Thursday, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge
of the Sith  grossed a little more than $50 million from showings at
some 3600 theaters across the United States.

Revenge of the Sith beat the previous two "best day" box office
records held by Shrek 2 ($44.8 million) in 2004 and Spider-Man ($43.6
million) in 2002.

The movie is on pace to gross more than $100 million during its
opening weekend.


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