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Originally posted by Ron Snow
Saying Star Wars local is not completely wrong, if you compare the prequel's overseas gross with other franchise at that time like Harry Potter, LOTR, or Pirates of Carribbean.
It's mainly popular in the US, EU & Japan for sure, fairly in Latin America.
Anyway, Harry Potter's record still more impressive because it did with only midnight show
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Yep, Harry Potter did it with only midnight shows
Now, movies premiere early on thursday nigjht, so more people are likely to go like on a normal movie night
It's not that this is not impressive(it is) it's not that star wars doesn't have the hardcore fanbase to break Harry Potter's 40-something million midnight shows record(it does) it's just that this record was held under diferent conditions.
Anyway, Star Wars will crack A LOT of records in the next few weeks
Titanic can totally be snatched, Avatar is a little bit harder