Day of the Doctor makes $10m in 3 days

The Day of the Doctor achieved success at the box office this week when it made 10 million dollars in just 3 days. The anniversary episode was made to mark Doctor Who's 50th anniversary and was distributed by the bbc on many distribution platforms such as iTunes, tv broadcast in 19 different countries and in 3D in cinemas across the world including Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. At the box office it even managed to take on some of the high concept blockbusters coming 2nd in the box office after the Hunger Games Catching Fire despite having a much more limited marketing budget, this is likely due to the cult following of the tv show.