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Article: Top 100 movies at the US box office: print releases widening but top films punching less weight.(Focus)
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- Screen Digest
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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* Opening weekends in 2005 accounted for the highest proportion of total revenue
* Top 10 films made the lowest proportional box office contribution in 2005
* Total print releases increased in 2005 but average revenue per print was at its lowest
* In 2005, 12 fewer movies grossed over $50m than in 2004
In 2005, Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Sith grossed a total of $380.4m as the top-performer of the year. It was the only movie to gross more than $300m at the US box office, compared with three each in both 2003 and 2004.
In 2002, all of the movies inside the top 100 grossed over $25m, a benchmark that could not be ...