Sentence examples for opening record from inspiring English sources

Box-office experts said that even if "The Return of the King" continued to draw audiences at that rate, it would be difficult to break the domestic weekend opening record, of $114.9 million, also held by "Spider-Man," which opened on a Friday.

The film opened in 4,362 theaters domestically, beating Spider-Man 3s theater opening record by 110 (this record was surpassed by The Dark Knight the following year).

The accolade went to World War Z thanks to $66m – a new opening record for Brad Pitt.

Disney's Zootopia is on course to be 2016's biggest animated movie after smashing Frozen's opening record at the US box office.

'The credentials of all the people involved speak for themselves.' The Adventures of Tintin: "The Secret of the Unicorn" set a new opening record for an animated film in India.

AMC and the other big theater chains are experiencing an upswing because of blockbusters like "The Hunger Games" and "The Avengers," which took in $207.4 million over the weekend to set an opening record.

The next three X-Men films after X-Men: The Last Stand opened lower than their predecessor and didn't set opening records.

"Walking in Two," choreographed by Mr. Pearson in collaboration with the dancers, delved into several Wild West clichés: there were cowboys and Indians, including an opening recording of charging horses, war cries, gunshots and whistling arrows.

The gargantuan global bow – all-time box office opening records in both the US and the UK also fell over the weekend – lifted Disney over the $5bn mark at the global box office for the first time ever.

In the Nordic region, markets distributed by MGM, Spectre grossed $12.7 million, setting new opening records in Finland and Norway, both surpassing Skyfall.

Upon release, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... broke all opening records.