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.

Re:really...

[fjordboy]

Ah, yes it does. I skipped over the first part of the article I guess.

However, there's an asterisk next to that record as Reloaded's Wednesday night previews were folded into the Thursday gross. Subtract those and Reloaded's true Thursday would probably come in at a still phenomenal $38 million.

Wednesday *was* counted...

Re:See what happens...

[AVee]

Make sure to take a look at the images here [insecure.org] when reading that article...

Re:anyone else think...

[Cyph]

Yes, I think that was the most pointless scene in the movie, and from what I've read on various news sites since the release, a lot of people share the same opinion.

Record Sales Days

[hirebrand]

5/4/2002 Spider-Man $43,622,264

5/15/2003 The Matrix Reloaded $42,508,303

5/3/2002 Spider-Man $39,406,872

11/16/2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $34,213,803

11/17/2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $33,512,941

11/16/2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $32,333,203

5/3/2003 X2: X-Men United $32,000,629

www.the-numbers.com [the-numbers.com]

Animatrix references

[Rufus211]

For those of you that have not seen all of the Animatrix, there were 2 direct references to it in Reloaded.

1) Final Flight of the Osiris: well, this reference one is obvious enough. The Osiris is a sister ship that sees the comming army and sends a warning message back to Zion.

2) Kid's Story: In this Animatrix Neo gives some kid a personal invite out of the matrix and he makes it. I'm almost certain that the kid following Neo around in Zion is this same kid (especially the "I didn't save you, you saved yourself" quote, which follows with the Animatrix how the kid cept himself alive).

Oh, and no, the Animatrix doesn't come out on DVD for an other 2 weeks or so, which is a shame. You think they would have released it first since it really adds quite a bit to the story.

NOT Opening

[grimani]

Opening is usually the opening weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Thursday is not considered part of that opening weekend.

Re:See what happens...

[Anonymous Coward]

Or alternatly, the movie is set in early 21st century

The hacking did take place in the early 21st (or late 20th) century, since it happened in the Matrix. Morpheus implies that the movie takes place about 6 months after Neo becomes the one (he says something like "we've freed more in the past 6 months than the 6 years before that"), which would mean the hacking may take place before the vulnerability is even known to the general public.

Is an actual date ever mentioned in Reloaded? In the original, the "Call trans opt received" lines reveal the date.

Re:Bah!

[straycheck]

That would be Nebuchadnezzar, legendary king of Babylon.

http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/nebuc hadnezzar.html

Re:Hmmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, mod this up. It's quite topical. The sequel was dog food.

Re:It sucked if you didnt get it.

[bucky0]

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Neo told the architect something along the lines of "You can't destroy the matrix, you'll kill yourself in that case." to which the architect responded: "There are lower states of survival we are willing to accept."

I could be wrong though...

Re:the password (spoilers)

[ralphus]

Every time there is a room 101, I'm reminded of Orwell:

When, after weeks of grinding physical torture, during which Winston confessed even to things he would never think of doing, he began to realize that O'Brien wanted something from him he could not acknowledge, even to himself, and so his conversion was impossible. Until O'Brien took the final step.

Room 101.

"You asked me once," said O'Brien, "what was in Room 101. I told you that you know the answer already. Everybody knows. The thing in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. It varies from individual to individual.

"In your case," O'Brien said, "the worst thing in the world happens to be rats."

Winston was locked into chair at a table. At the edge of the table was a cage. In the cage was huge gray monster of a rat. Winston went berserk.

top movies

[Trepidity]

Are you really saying that the two Matrix movies, the two LoTR movies, and Shawshank Redemption are the five best movies ever?

Perhaps you should watch the following, any of which are better than those five:
A Clockwork Orange
Apocalypse Now
The Manchurian Candidate
Citizen Kane
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I'd personally add a bunch more (Taxi Driver, Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge On the River Kwai, Ben-Hur, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, Mulholland Drive, etc.) but I think that's enough for now.