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Friday, May 17, 2002
 
No Clones in Quebec

This interesting tidbit was at the bottom of the story about Clones opening day take of $27 million that's on Drudge.
Fox and Lucasfilm required theaters to keep Attack of the Clones for a minimum of four weeks, and they demanded 70% of the box office for the first three weeks, 60% the next two and 50% the two weeks after that. Many exhibitors balked at these terms, and in Quebec many refused them, resulting in Star Wars playing at virtually none of the province's 363 independent screens.
Good for the Canadians for standing up to what strikes me as overly aggressive contract terms.