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TOHO EXPECTS "T3" TO OUTGROSS "T2"! T3 continues to bring in record-breaking bucks! Reported By: Randy Jennings Wednesday, July 16, 2003 In the USA, the box office for "T3: Rise of the Machines" now stands at 112.5 million dollars after nearly 2 weeks of release, but better news is that the film is doing even stronger overseas! BoxOfficeMojo.com reports some terrific box office news for Terminator 3! It was Terminator 3's weekend thanks to outstanding debuts in Asia and Latin America and continued strength in Russia. In Japan Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines grossed $12.5m (¥1.458bn) on 550 prints under distributor Toho-Towa becoming the market's sixth-highest opening film ever. Excluding previews the film grossed $9.5m (July 12 and 13) breaking the all time Toho record set by Spirited Away. Toho expects T3 to top T2's $49m, grossed in 1991. Released elsewhere by Sony the Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer grabbed $1.3m on 249 screens in Thailand (a record for a Hollywood film and the industry's second biggest behind Suriyothai), $1.15m on 66 in Hong Kong, $856,000 on 54 in Malaysia (the territory's third best), $789,000 on 121 in the Philippines (10th largest), and $750,000 on 50 in Singapore (No. 11 of all time). Across the Pacific the Jonathan Mostow-helmed picture racked up $806,000 in five days on 96 in Argentina, including Tuesday night previews (second-largest ever behind The Matrix Reloaded in local currency) and $262,000 on 45 in Chile. Russia fell a reasonable 38% after its record preem, minting $2m over the weekend for a hefty $7.5m to date. All told T3 amassed $20.4m on nearly 1,600 screens in 13 markets (excluding its United Arab Emirates debut, for which figures weren't available), driving its total to $27.5m. Thanks to Robert Koo for the tip! Frank writes us to give us a head's up to many new images of the German T3 premiere! Hi, guys! I enjoy visiting your site and I thought you may be interested in a gallery of images that we feature on our website today. Our photographer Helmut Kunz was in Berlin yesterday and he's taken dozens of pictures at the "T3" premiere. You'll find the gallery at Oberpfalznetz.de or directly HERE! You may not know any of these so called German celebs, but don't worry - I don't know them either. But anyway, there are some nice pictures of the OAK himself as well as some pics of the beautiful Kristanna. Enjoy and keep up that great work you're doing! Frank ----------    
  
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