opening weekend

collocation in English

meaningsofopeningandweekend

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opening
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈoʊp.nɪŋ/
happening at the beginning of an event ...
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weekend
noun[C]
uk
/ˌwiːkˈend/us
/ˈwiːk.end/
Saturday and Sunday, or Friday evening until Sunday night; the part of the week in which many people living in the West do not go ...
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(Definition ofopeningandweekendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In itsopeningweekend, showing at seven theaters, the film made $109,694.
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The total collections from overseas market after theopeningweekendwere estimated at around 50 million.
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The film also has the sixth highest worldwideopeningweekendwith $274.9 million total.
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Awareness for the film on itsopeningweekendwas subsequently little to non-existent.
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On itsopeningweekend, it earned $80.6 million from 25 markets.
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A total of 20,632 people paid into 11 fixtures on theopeningweekendof the season.
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Theopeningweekendaudience was 53% female and 47% under 17 years old.
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Theopeningweekendaudience was 54 percent male and 56 percent over the age of 25.
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The film earned $136.9 million on itsopeningweekendworldwide.
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Theopeningweekendearned 37.48 percent of the film's final gross.
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Itsopeningweekendgross was of which the domestic gross was.
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Theopeningweekendsaw a per screen average of $20,477 for the 5 theaters showing it.
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The film had the second-highest per-screen average on itsopeningweekend.
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The movie was relatively successful, earning $77,960 on itsopeningweekend, in just 25 theaters.
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The film was then released in 42 theaters where it earned $645,363 on itsopeningweekend.
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In total, the film earned $9,156,057 in itsopeningweekend.
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However, this was lower than its predecessor'sopeningweekendof $54.7 million.
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Attendance goals were 100,000; favourable weather brought 25,000 on theopeningweekend.
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During itsopeningweekend, it earned $4,120,497 in theaters.
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The film was rather successful on its firstopeningweekend.
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