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Article: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" breaks industry records with first-week gross.
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- June 1, 1984
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NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Group of Paramount Pictures Corporation with its history-making domestic release of Lucasfilm's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" has set a further industry record with an unprecedented first-week gross of $45,709,328, it was announced today by Frank G. Mancuso, president of the Motion Picture Group.
Paramount Pictures Corporation is a member of The Entertainment and Communications Group of Gulf + Western Industries, Inc.
The previous box office champion for a first-week domestic gross was Lucasfilm's "Return of the Jedi," which accumulated $45,307,364 during its debut week of release in May, ...