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That the ticket sales for the 1998 movies Meet Joe Black, The Siege and The Waterboy were inflated due to the trailer for Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace being attached to all three films. Many people who purchased tickets for the movies actually left after the Star Wars trailer.

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Fun Fact: That the ticket sales for the 1998 movies Meet Joe Black, The Siege and The Waterboy were inflated due to the trailer for ‘Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace’ being attached to all three films. Many people who purchased tickets for the movies actually left after the Star Wars trailer.

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