X-Men 3: 2nd Biggest Opening Day EVER

Wow.  I think that Wolverine spin-off has a pretty green light now.

Friday's total of a whopping $44.1 million is the 2nd biggest opening day ever, and the 3rd biggest single day ever.  What's happening to us?  I mean, there won't ever be enough hookers and starlets to satisfy Brett Ratner now.

According to Box Office Mojo, the numbers look like this:

SINGLE DAY GROSSES - OPENING DAY:

1. Star Wars Episode III - $50,013,859
2. X-Men: The Last Stand - $44,100,000
3. Spider Man 2 - $40,442,604
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $40,118,363
5. Spider Man - $39,406,872

SINGLE DAY GROSSES - OVERALL:

1. Star Wars Episode III - $50,013,859
2. Shrek 2 - $44,797,042
3. X-Men: The Last Stand - $44,100,000
4. Spider Man - $43,622,264
5. Star Wars Episode III - $40,693,760