Sex and The City, the big screen adaption of HBO’s eponymous series debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated $26.9 million on Friday. That pushes Sex to the third highest opening ever for an R rated movie. Let that sink in a little. Yeah. It’s true. Sex is only behind The Matrix Reloaded, and 300. This kind of pokes a huge hole in the theory that women don’t go see movies on the opening night. Imagine to see tons more high budget chick flicks following on the coattails of this film, and maybe even a sequel, though the reviews are not too friendly (the Metacritic average is at 54 at last count)

Do you think there should be a Sex and the City sequel?

The movie adaptation of the hit US TV Show will be shown for the first time in Leicester Square on May 12, more than two weeks before it gets its premiere in the Big Apple.

All four of the protagonists of the TV show will be at the London launch.

As to why the film would launch in London instead of New York? Columnist Elizabeth Snead says “There are so many fashion merchandising tie-ins with the film that I guess London is seen as vital to the success of the campaign. The American economy and dollar are so weak right now that the studio seems to realise that London was the place to be.”

New Line, however says that the New York launch is just as important as the London launch… Duh! The movie is based there, and it is a hit “US” TV show after all. It still doesn’t answer why New York comes second.

I guess it’s just another case of how money can influence nuances in movies as well as the way they are marketed.