Box Office: 'Sex and the City 2' nabs $3 million at midnight

Sequel already running 20% higher than the first hit film

By HitFix Staff Thursday, May 27, 2010 5:21 PM

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall in Sex and the City 2

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon at the London premiere of "Sex and the city 2" today.

Credit: AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

Just how high can "Sex and the City 2" get this weekend?

Polling services have the box office take at anywhere from $50-80 million over the five-day, Thursday - Monday opening. This morning's midnight screening numbers, however, show the romantic comedy has already pulled in $3 million from approximately 2,000 screens. That's almost 20% higher than the original "SATC" opening two years ago.

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The first "Sex and the City" was a "surprise" hit grossing $152.6 million domestically and a total of $415.2 million across the globe in 1998. After having been off the air for four years, the big screen adaptation of the HBO series stunned industry observers by taking in $57 million on its first weekend.

"SATC2's" main competition this weekend is the second frame of "Shrek Forever After" ($85 million to date) and the debut of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." The latter does not debut in theaters until tomorrow.