By the Numbers

“The Matrix Revolutions” wrapped up the sci-fi trilogy with a worldwide five-day gross of $201.3 million, according to more complete projections that Warner Bros. released Monday. Domestically, the movie brought in $83.8 million over the same period, a little less than the studio estimated Sunday. Still, it set a record as the biggest-ever simultaneous worldwide opening. That distinction previously belonged to “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” which grossed roughly $190 million worldwide over five days in December 2002. The Friday-through-Sunday domestic gross of $48.5 million for “The Matrix Revolutions” fell far short of the three-day and five-day tallies of $91.8 million and $134.3 million that Part 2, “The Matrix Reloaded,” took in on May 16-18 of this year.

New Line Cinema’s “Elf” worked enough magic to come in second with $31.1 million, averaging $9,324 in 3,337 locations.

The romantic comedy-drama “Love Actually” performed well, earning a per-theater average of $11,955 in 576 locations.

For the year, the estimated total for all films to date is $7.61 billion, just ahead of last year’s comparable figure of $7.58 billion, according to the tracking firm Nielsen EDI Inc.

R. Kinsey Lowe

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1The Matrix $48.5 $83.8 3,502 $13,842 1 Revolutions (Warner Bros.)

2Elf $31.1 $31.1 3,337 $9,324 1 (New Line)

3Brother Bear $18.5 $44.0 3,030 $6,114 3 (Buena Vista)

4Scary Movie 3 $10.8 $93.1 3,288 $3,288 3 (Miramax/Dimension)

5Radio $7.2 $36.1 2,811 $2,567 3 (Sony/Revolution)

6Love Actually $6.9 $6.9 576 $11,955 1 (Universal)

7The Texas $4.9 $73.4 2,378 $2,077 4 Chainsaw Massacre (New Line)

8Mystic River $4.8 $40.4 1,581 $3,028 5 (Warner Bros.)

9Runaway Jury $4.7 $40.0 2,133 $2,190 4 (20th Century Fox)

10School of Rock $3.0 $73.5 1,982 $1,527 6 (Paramount)

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Source: Nielsen EDI Inc.