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Uber-Blockbuster Showdown
Revenge of the Sith vs. Spider-Man 2 vs. Shrek 2 vs. The Passion vs. Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man
| Movie Summary |  Spider-Man 2 |  Shrek 2 |  Passion of the Christ |  Return of the King |  Spider-Man |  Revenge of the Sith |
| Genre | Action / Adventure | Animation | Historical Drama | Fantasy | Action / Adventure | Sci-Fi Fantasy |
| Studio | Sony / Columbia | DreamWorks | Newmarket | New Line | Sony / Columbia | Fox |
| Release Date | June 30, 2004 | May 19, 2004 | February 25, 2004 | December 17, 2003 | May 3, 2002 | May 19, 2005 |
| Domestic Gross | $373,585,825 | $441,226,247 | $370,274,604 | $377,027,325 | $403,706,375 | $380,270,577 |
| Production Budget | $200 million | $150 million | $30 million | $94 million | $139 million | $113 million |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 7 min. | 1 hr. 33 min. | 2 hrs. 6 min. | 3 hrs. 20 min. | 2 hrs. 1 min. | 2 hrs. 26 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG | R | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | stylized action violence | for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content | for sequences of graphic violence | for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images | stylized violence and action | sci-fi violence and some intense images |
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| Domestic Summary | Spider-Man 2 | Shrek 2 | Passion of the Christ | Return of the King | Spider-Man | Revenge of the Sith |
| Total Gross | $373,585,825 | $441,226,247 | $370,274,604 | $377,027,325 | $403,706,375 | $380,270,577 |
| Opening Weekend* | $88,156,227 | $108,037,878 | $83,848,082 | $72,629,713 | $114,844,116 | $108,435,841 |
| Theaters | 4,152 | 4,163 | 3,043 | 3,703 | 3,615 | 3,661 |
| Average | $21,232 | $25,951 | $27,554 | $19,613 | $31,768 | $29,619 |
| Opening % of Total | 23.6% | 24.5% | 22.6% | 19.3% | 28.4% | 28.5% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -48.7% | -33.2% | -36.5% | -30.3% | -37.8% | -49.1% |
| Widest Release | 4,166 | 4,223 | 3,408 | 3,703 | 3,876 | 3,663 |
| Close Date | December 19, 2004 | November 25, 2004 | July 29, 2004 | June 3, 2004 | August 18, 2002 | October 20, 2005 |
| In Release | 159 days / 23 weeks | 149 days / 21 weeks | 156 days / 22 weeks | 170 days / 24 weeks | 108 days / 15 weeks | 155 days / 22 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | ||||||
| Worldwide Summary | Spider-Man 2 | Shrek 2 | Passion of the Christ | Return of the King | Spider-Man | Revenge of the Sith |
| Worldwide Gross | $783,766,341 | $919,838,758 | $611,391,094 | $1,119,110,941 | $821,708,551 | $848,754,768 |
| Foreign Gross | $410,180,516 | $478,612,511 | $241,116,490 | $742,083,616 | $418,002,176 | $468,484,191 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 52.3% | 52.0% | 39.4% | 66.3% | 50.9% | 55.2% |
| Domestic Gross | $373,585,825 | $441,226,247 | $370,274,604 | $377,027,325 | $403,706,375 | $380,270,577 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 47.7% | 48.0% | 60.6% | 33.7% | 49.1% | 44.8% |
| People Summary | Spider-Man 2 | Shrek 2 | Passion of the Christ | Return of the King | Spider-Man | Revenge of the Sith |
| Actor: Elizabeth Banks | n/a | - | - | - | n/a | - |
| Actor: James Franco | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Actor: Kirsten Dunst | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Actor: Tobey Maguire | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Actor: Willem Dafoe | n/a | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Composer: Danny Elfman | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Director: Sam Raimi | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Producer: Avi Arad | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Producer: Laura Ziskin | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Producer: Stan Lee | #4 | - | - | - | #2 | - |
| Genres & Franchises | Spider-Man 2 | Shrek 2 | Passion of the Christ | Return of the King | Spider-Man | Revenge of the Sith |
| Brand: Marvel Comics | #4 | - | - | - | #2 | - |
| Franchise: Spider-Man | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Genre: Comic Book Adaptation | #6 | - | - | - | #4 | - |
| Genre: Superhero | #6 | - | - | - | #4 | - |
| Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout | #4 | - | - | #3 | - | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man | - | - | - | #2 | #1 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars | - | - | - | #3 | #2 | - |
| Showdown: Spider-Man Versus Himself | #2 | - | - | - | #1 | - |
| Showdown: Summer Spectacular | #5 | #1 | - | - | #3 | #4 |
| Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown | #5 | #1 | #6 | #4 | #2 | #3 |
| Chart Rankings | Spider-Man 2 | Shrek 2 | Passion of the Christ | Return of the King | Spider-Man | Revenge of the Sith |
| All Time Domestic | #22 | #8 | #23 | #21 | #14 | #20 |
| All Time Adjusted | #55 | #32 | #59 | #52 | #36 | #60 |
| All Time Worldwide | #43 | #26 | #74 | #7 | #37 | #33 |
| Yearly 2004 | #2 | #1 | #3 | - | - | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends 2004 | #3 | #1 | #4 | - | - | - |
| Worldwide Openings | #36 | #59 | - | #16 | #61 | #12 |
| Worldwide Yearly 2004 | #3 | #1 | #5 | - | - | - |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | - | - | - | #22 | - | #18 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | #7 | #3 | #9 | #13 | - | #2 |
| Opening Weeks | #21 | #25 | #35 | #34 | #17 | #18 |
| Opening Day Gross | #24 | - | #57 | #37 | #26 | #17 |
| Opening Wednesdays | #5 | #29 | #9 | #7 | - | - |
| Single Day Gross | #44 | #28 | #87 | #76 | #33 | #22 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #4 | #9 | #18 | #23 | #28 | #2 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #3 | #58 | #15 | #10 | - | #61 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #16 | #65 | #42 | #15 | #31 | #32 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross | #29 | #52 | #45 | - | #47 | #42 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #33 | #46 | #79 | #87 | #20 | #31 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #1 | #5 | #72 | #33 | #57 | #25 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #31 | #9 | #33 | #58 | #12 | #17 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #52 | #10 | #23 | #45 | #17 | #12 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #8 | #74 | #21 | #16 | - | #1 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #21 | #73 | #50 | #20 | #38 | #39 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #5 | #50 | #10 | #7 | #88 | #80 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | - | #18 | #33 | #13 | #22 | #11 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #54 | #29 | #23 | #69 | #13 | #17 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #52 | #29 | #23 | #65 | #13 | #17 |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | - | #135 | #97 | #150 | - | #171 |
| Opening Weekends | #35 | #22 | #41 | #52 | #17 | #21 |
| Opening Weekends - May | - | #9 | - | - | #6 | #8 |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | #25 | #16 | - | - | #11 | #15 |
| Eleventh Weekends | - | #139 | - | #68 | - | - |
| Ninth Weekends | - | #82 | #157 | #50 | #86 | - |
| Tenth Weekends | - | #100 | #191 | #66 | #110 | - |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #14 | #31 | #37 | #28 | #16 | #10 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #29 | #136 | #77 | #52 | #20 | #15 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #20 | #43 | #40 | #36 | #25 | #9 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #10 | #29 | #34 | #31 | #26 | #8 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #8 | #30 | #33 | #27 | #26 | #9 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #10 | #32 | #34 | #31 | #22 | #12 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #14 | #35 | #36 | #31 | #19 | #12 |
| Twelfth Weekends | - | #178 | - | #47 | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | - | #161 | - | #31 | - | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #17 | #30 | #31 | #34 | #26 | #8 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | #5 | #7 | #8 | #9 | - | - |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #151 | #148 | #35 | #34 | #149 | #152 |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | - | #139 | - | #88 | - | - |
| Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) | - | - | #109 | #108 | - | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #138 | #135 | #61 | #26 | #136 | #139 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | - | #117 | - | #118 | - | - |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 | - | - | #95 | #94 | - | - |
| Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #6 | - | - | #38 | #13 |
| Independence Day Weekends | #2 | #145 | - | - | - | #188 |
| Second Weekends | #31 | #5 | #16 | #22 | #6 | #14 |
| Third Weekends | #39 | #5 | #14 | #25 | #3 | #36 |
| Fourth Weekends | #54 | #11 | #20 | #68 | #4 | #55 |
| Fifth Weekends | #103 | #15 | #25 | #58 | #11 | #65 |
| Sixth Weekends | #160 | #27 | #21 | #96 | #26 | #127 |
| Seventh Weekends | - | #70 | #3 | #90 | #28 | #165 |
| Eighth Weekends | - | #77 | #89 | #81 | #70 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #334 | #103 | #146 | #75 | #156 | #347 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #741 | #243 | #323 | #174 | #350 | #764 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #1098 | #385 | #505 | #286 | #543 | #1128 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #2537 | #1209 | #1453 | #1002 | #1548 | #2586 |
| Rated PG-13 | #15 | - | - | #14 | #8 | #13 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #27 | - | - | #39 | #15 | #18 |
| Widest Releases | #21 | #18 | #294 | #123 | #74 | #143 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #22 | #20 | #571 | #111 | #148 | #124 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #17 | - | - | #60 | #80 | #65 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #16 | - | - | #66 | #39 | #79 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #29 | #39 | #40 | #38 | #21 | #17 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #18 | #32 | #35 | #28 | #26 | #9 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #11 | #28 | #31 | #29 | #20 | #13 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #11 | #13 | #26 | #17 | #16 | #8 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #14 | #11 | #20 | #17 | #15 | #10 |
| Fastest to $350 million | #14 | #8 | #16 | #17 | #12 | #13 |
| Fastest to $400 million | - | #5 | - | - | #9 | - |
| Slowest to $100 million | #483 | #473 | #472 | #474 | #491 | #495 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #116 | #99 | #96 | #98 | #107 | #114 |
| BOM Users' Grades | #71 | #171 | #240 | #6 | #120 | #97 |
| BOM Users' Grades (2004 Releases) | #4 | #17 | #30 | - | - | - |
| Yearly (Wide) 2004 | #2 | #1 | #3 | - | - | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2004 | #3 | #1 | #4 | - | - | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | #5 | #1 | #8 | #11 | - | #2 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #11 | #14 | #31 | #28 | #8 | #12 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #2 | #5 | #14 | #18 | #22 | #1 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #3 | #59 | #17 | #8 | #77 | #66 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #15 | #64 | #32 | #8 | #22 | #31 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #26 | #49 | #41 | #52 | #37 | #42 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #23 | #37 | #64 | #69 | #14 | #22 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #1 | #3 | #72 | #29 | #47 | #24 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #20 | #5 | #24 | #43 | #3 | #10 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #43 | #5 | #16 | #30 | #6 | #9 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #7 | #72 | #22 | #13 | #94 | #1 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #19 | #73 | #40 | #12 | #29 | #38 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #4 | #40 | #10 | #6 | #78 | #85 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #73 | #34 | #23 | #95 | #4 | #19 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #63 | #33 | #22 | #82 | #4 | #18 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - May | - | #6 | - | - | #4 | #7 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #29 | #14 | #35 | #42 | #8 | #15 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | #20 | #10 | - | - | #8 | #11 |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | - | #183 | - | #108 | - | - |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | - | #138 | - | #86 | #132 | - |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | - | #152 | - | #109 | #146 | - |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | - | #182 | - | #52 | - | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | #2 | #6 | #11 | #7 | - | - |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #32 | #3 | #13 | #18 | #2 | #12 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #43 | #8 | #14 | #24 | #2 | #51 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #79 | #16 | #31 | #96 | #4 | #93 |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #168 | #40 | #59 | #100 | #29 | #115 |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | - | #52 | #47 | #151 | #41 | - |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | - | #122 | #7 | #162 | #59 | - |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | - | #126 | #151 | #131 | #105 | - |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #12 | - | - | #11 | #7 | #13 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #22 | - | - | #31 | #8 | #13 |
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