The REAL biggest opening gross?

[Dutchy]

Top 10 Biggest Opening Weekend Grosses

01&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $72,132,785 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Lost World: Jurassic Park
02&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $68,532,960 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Planet of the Apes (2001)
03&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $68,139,035 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Mummy Returns, The
04&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $67,408,222 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Rush Hour 2
05&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $64,810,970 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Star Wars: Phantom Menace
06&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $59,078,912 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Pearl Harbor
07&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $58,003,121 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Hannibal
08&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $57,845,297 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Mission: Impossible 2
09&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $57,388,839 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Toy Story 2
10&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $55,820,330 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Is LTW the REAL number 1 here? IMO it's not fair to compare its holiday weekend to other normal weekends. It would never have had such a huge Sunday ($26M, biggest day of the 3 days). At all means a very impressive opening, but it always looks like an unfair comparison.

[ReaperFett]

Its not fair if you dont include inflation either, as if a film in 1950 grossed what Mission: Impossible 2 got, that would have required everyone in the world to see it many times, and would have been able to get them a large army of mercenaries :)

[Dutchy]

True, but inflation is kind of a lame excuse among boxoffice freaks. :)

Of course there really is no other way to compare LTW to non-holiday openers, but it still doesn't feel right to a number freak like me.

[Darth23]

What aboot the whole Wednesday opener thing?

Surely that affects the Fri-Sun period.

[Dutchy]

Definitely.

Why don't these people open all their movies on non-holiday weekend Fridays so us boxoffice fans can make nice comparisons? :)

[Darth23]

Or they could come up with some phony conversion formulas so we could argue about the validity of them.

[ReaperFett]

True, but inflation is kind of a lame excuse among boxoffice freaks

And yours isnt? :)

[Jedieb]

It's going to be real difficult for EP2 to break that record because of it's Wed. Opening. I think the records to break are TPM's 1 day totals. Still, AOTC should be able to get into the top 3 quite easily.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I think it will have a chance if it opens on the 22nd like everybody thinks. That is the wed before Memorial Day which means its sunday will be like a Saturday. At the very least I think it will pass POTA and take #2 on the list and take in somwhere between 69-70 for the 3 day period, if this sceniro plays out.

[Hart Kenobi]

What's the thing with Wednesday openings? Why is that more usual than Thursday or Tuesday openings?