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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following a record opening day take on Thursday, the sci-fi thriller "The Matrix Reloaded" sold an additional $93.3 million worth of tickets in its first weekend of release across North America -- the No. 2 weekend gross of all time behind "Spider-Man," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

"Spider-Man" opened with $115 million in 2002. The previous No. 2 weekend box office slot was held by 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with $90.3 million.

While most movies open on a Friday in North America, "The Matrix Reloaded" opened on Thursday, preceded by late screenings on Wednesday. Its distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures., lumped in Wednesday receipts -- estimated by industry observers at about $5 million -- with the Thursday haul of $42.5 million, bringing the film's cumulative gross to an estimated total of $135,768,000 for it's first four days in release.

The sequel to the groundbreaking 1999 film "The Matrix" stars Keanu Reeves as a resistance fighter who battles an army of machines that seek to take control of the last human city. It will be followed in November by a third movie, "The Matrix Revolutions." All three films were written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski.

Warner Bros., a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc. produced the films with Village Roadshow Pictures, a unit of Australia's Village Roadshow Ltd. The second and third movies were reportedly budgeted at about $175 million each.
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i knew it...its 3 day opening weekend would hit the $90M :big grin: but still a record for an R Rated movie