NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -
Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Matrix: Reloaded" scored the biggest one-day opening in box office history, Dick Parsons, CEO of AOL Time Warner, told shareholders on Friday.
Parsons said "Reloaded," which opened in about 3,600 theaters on Thursday, took in $42.5 million in North America. "To put that in context, that's the largest one day opening in the history of the movie business," he added.
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Actress Carrie-Anne Moss plays "Trinity," the movie's kick-ass heroine.
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Last year's smash hit "Spider-Man" took in $39 million in ticket sales on its Friday opening. The movie later went on to make over $400 million in the U.S. and $821 million globally, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
The original "Matrix" opened in March 1999 and took in only $28 million in its opening weekend. The film went on to take in about $450 million at the box office globally.
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"The Matrix: Revolutions," the third installment of the trilogy, is scheduled for release on Nov. 5, 2003. The two sequels took almost 2 years to complete and cost nearly $300 million.
Warner Bros. is a film division of CNN/Money's parent, AOL Time Warner (AOL: down $0.02 to $13.96, Research, Estimates). AOL Time Warner's film division has held up relatively well despite myriad problems at its parent company and its sister company AOL. The company stock has lost more than 70 percent since the company's merger in Jan, 2001.
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