02-29-2004, 03:59 PM
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Exceeding all expectations, Mel Gibson's controversial The Passion of The Christ, about the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life, earned an incredible $76.2 million this weekend from 3,043 theaters to average a big $25,041 per theater. That marks the all-time biggest opening for a film in February, surpassing the previous record of $58 million set by Hannibal in 2001. It is also the seventh largest opening weekend ever and the film collected an impressive $32.8 million just on Saturday, which is the eighth biggest single day in the history of box office. The $30 million budgeted "Passion" was released by Newmarket Films and has made $117.5 million already since opening on Wednesday. The tally represented the second-best for a Wednesday release, behind only 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with $124.1 million in its first five days.
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