The Matrix Reloaded has hit $730 million in worldwide box office revenues, with around $280 million in domestic sales and around $450 million in sales outside the U.S.,

Red Pill Productions is planning to release a 160-page trade paperback volume, The Matrix Comics , in mid-October.

The R-Rated Bad Boys II , featuring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, bludgeoned its way to the top of the box office with a stellar $46.7 million dollar opening weekend.

Mark Wheatley told ICv2 that Circle of Confusion and New Regency signed an option on July 16 giving them the movie rights to the Hammer of the Gods comic book published by Image.

Warner Home Video has announced that The Matrix Reloaded DVD (and VHS) will premier on October 14, some three weeks before the opening of the final film in the futuristic science fiction series, The Matrix Revolutions .

In spite of a strong set of May releases including X2 , The Matrix Reloaded , and Finding Nemo , Hollywood's box office revenues were down some 4.6% during the first half of 2003.

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle won this weekend's box office derby with an estimated gross of $38 million. Ang Lee's Hulk suffered a big second week drop, plummeting some 70% from $62 million plus to an estimated $18.4 million.

Ang Lee's Hulk smashed and grabbed its way to a June record $62.6 million opening weekend gross.

This weekend will be a very interesting one at the box office, but next weekend should determine the fate of Marvel's most ambitious superhero film.

Adrian Battaglia of Comics Etc. in Syracuse, New York joins the chorus on toy assortments.