40 years after its original release, and 23 years since the Special Edition re-release,
The Empire Strikes Back again, to take the weekend box-office. With only 1,500 theaters currently open, as well as, little to no new films opening, special showings of the film brought in $611K (3-day) /$644K (five-day gross).
Other recent re-releases have had similar results. Last weekend,
Ghostbusters‘ brought in $550K (3 day)/ $656K (5 day), and during the weekend of June 19 - 21,
Jurassic Park had a 3 day take of $517,6K .
(Source:
Deadline)
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