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Most of you who pay any attention to movies remember that there was a question as to whether or not Star Wars: The Phantom Meneace could outsell Titanic in the US.

It didn’t, though it outperformed Titanic during the first few weeks of its run.

Instead of acknowledging this, some people are still plugging away, spreadsheets churning out data (the URL has changed several times, this one will probably be wrong in a week).

OK folks, enough. Charting Star Wars as it reaches 19th place in the daily grosses is beyond absurd. The last day I read as I verified the link put the daily total at $33,340 on something less than 500 screens. Hell, Elmo in Grouchland is still making more than twice that much.

Folks, it’s over - I’m embarassed this is even news to anyone. Don’t even talk about re-releases and all that, because if you think Titanic made $1.8 billion worldwide just to sit on a shelf for the rest of its life, you’re nuts.

The site is interesting in several ways, and their obsessive-compulsiveness makes for a reasonable way to spend 5.6 minutes of your life - they ought to consider becoming a general “top movies” site, as their data content is updated as frequently and rigorously as several trade magazines.

SWVS, ditch the Wookie and cash in.