According to Box Office Mojo, Episode III has decimated previous opening day records with a reported $50,013,859 opening day. So those copies floating around online really damaged ticket sales, huh?

“When I consider it’s a Thursday with kids in school, I’d figure it can’t do that,” distributor 20th Century Fox’s head of distribution, Bruce Snyder, told Box Office Mojo. “I did not think we could do $50 million. I was thinking maybe we could catch up to Shrek 2 on Saturday. I’m as surprised as the rest of the world.”

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