Passion of The Christ Earns $125.2 Million in 5 Days Source: Coming Soon!
The Passion of The Christ earned an incredible $83.8 million from 3,043 theaters just on the weekend, to bring its official five-day total to $125.2 million. That surpasses the first five-day total of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($124.1 million) and only trails Spider-Man ($135.8 million) and The Matrix Reloaded ($144.4 million) for best ever.
It is now the largest opening weekend for a film in February, and the sixth best opening weekend of all-time. For an R-rated film, "Passion" is only second to the three-day weekend record set by The Matrix Reloaded with $91.8 million.
"Passion" also had the eighth biggest day in the history of box office on Saturday, when it earned a massive $33.1 million.
Monday, March 1, 2004
The Passion of The Christ earned an incredible $83.8 million from 3,043 theaters just on the weekend, to bring its official five-day total to $125.2 million. That surpasses the first five-day total of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($124.1 million) and only trails Spider-Man ($135.8 million) and The Matrix Reloaded ($144.4 million) for best ever.
It is now the largest opening weekend for a film in February, and the sixth best opening weekend of all-time. For an R-rated film, "Passion" is only second to the three-day weekend record set by The Matrix Reloaded with $91.8 million.
"Passion" also had the eighth biggest day in the history of box office on Saturday, when it earned a massive $33.1 million.