From a link off Drudge Report:
"Star
Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" scored $50 million in
first-day receipts at 3,661 theaters across the nation on Thursday,
box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations said Friday. The take handily
beats the one-day record of $44.8 million set last year by "Shrek 2."
Can you say WOW? That's amazing!
Being that my husband and I enjoy Star Wars (we aren't really fans, just love the series), we had to get the Star Wars trilogy DVD from Target. Since our son has seen so much merchandising for Star Wars, he really wanted to see the film. So a couple of nights ago we had a "movie night" and we all watched Episode IV (the first 1977 film) with him. He was totally transfixed during the whole film and kept asking my husband for clarification on what was happening so he would totally get it.
I picked him up from school yesterday, and he was showing me his artwork. He drew a picture of C3PO, R2D2, Yoda and Luke Skywalker and the Death Star planet! I was totally shocked. He has never, ever, drawn pictures of movies or TV shows he has seen. Even his teacher was surprised that he drew that.
Tonight, if he is good at school, he gets to watch Episode V because he wants to see what happens next!
I'm not sure if we are going to show him the two newer films (Episode I & II) even though we have the DVD because I think it might be just too much for him action wise. At least with an almost 30 year old film, the effects are not so realistic and it's much more tame than films today.
I'm hoping that while we are on vacation next
week that my inlaws can watch the kids so my husband and I can go see
Return of the Sith in the theatre. I just can't wait! I'm very
excited. If not, we'll probably have to wait until it comes out on
DVD. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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