Box Office Mojo reports on the $6m shortfall between AOTC's estimated and actual weekend box office figures:

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo) - When the $80,027,814 final tally for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones's weekend was issued on Monday, 20th Century Fox's $86.15 million estimate from Sunday turned out to be off by $6.12 million. That raised a number of eyebrows, especially in light of rival studios' estimates that had Clones pegged at closer to $80 million.

When Fox released the Clones estimate, it had the picture at $25.2 million on Friday, $32.25 million on Saturday, and projected a miniscule 11.0% dip to $28.7 million on Sunday. The studio's executive vice president and general sales manager Rick Myerson noted that part of the reason for the expected strong hold on Sunday was Canada's Victoria Day holiday on Monday, making Sunday behave like a Saturday there -- much the same way Memorial Day affects the United States.

The actual breakdown for Clones turned out to be $24,404,757 on Friday, a 28.1% jump to $31,253,618 on Saturday, and then a 22.0% dip to $24,369,439 on Sunday.

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