Matrix Reloads to $42.5 Million Opening

Dante Alighieri writes "Box Office Mojo, the Washington Post, E!, and others reports that The Matrix Reloaded opened with a record of $42.5 million in ticket sales." I saw it yesterday and have a variety of opinions on it, but the short review is that it isn't the original, but it's pretty damn cool, and I'm first in line for Revolution.

Comments

Re:Lets all shut the fuck up about The Matrix. Mmk

[kamapuaa]

I don't think it's quite that simple. Sure "Matrix 2" sucks, but was so heavily promoted that people (including me, and I don't even watch TV) flock to see it. But "Adventures of Pluto Nash" supposedly was a lot worse, and that movie was hardly promoted at all.

On the opposite side, "Spider Man" was pretty good, that got promoted like a mother.

As far as the business goes, it seems like word of mouth type movies sometimes get popular, but often-times don't. It took an Oscar for "Spirited Away" to get big.