News for Feb. 18, 2002

LOTR hits Poland

2/18/02, 8:22 pm EST - Tehanu

Tomas sent this in: "Five days ago, on February 15, LotR was finally shown in Poland. Many Polish spectators went a month ago to Czechoslovakia in order to watch this wonderful movie sooner. But [still] "The Lord of the Rings" had the best weekend opening in whole history of Polish cinema!!!

"Weekend box-office is exactly 518901 people in a country of about 37 million. It's showing on 107 screens and most shows are full."