Posted by Ken Kaniff at proxy2-external.nash1.tn.home.com on July 30, 2001 at 23:27:04:
In Reply to: Question About J&SBSB Box Office Numbers posted by LouAskew on July 30, 2001 at 22:59:21:
Movies are released on Wednesdays to increase word-of-mouth buzz about a movie. The answer would be the latter choice. They would say "JASBSB got 20 million, but made 30 since opening on Wednesday." However they would still list it as number 2.
For example, JP3 had over 70 million the first week, but because it opened on Wednesday, the "opening weekend box office" was only 50 million.