walking_carpet said:

boxofficemojo is saying 7.8 million for weekend estimates. $3.5 million for saturday estimates. looks like the friday -> saturday numbers are up across all films (poor ghost rider still got beat by Vow and safe house), but I am a little surprised by this and skeptical. I was thinking 7.8 million for weekend and presidents day total.

they also say this, which i find very interesting:

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Still, by Sunday The Phantom Menace's total gross will exceed the original Star Wars ($461 million), which will make it the highest-grossing entry in the series and fourth highest-grossing movie ever.

later

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