five-day weekend

five-day weekend
 n.β€” Β«Coming in third place was the Paramount Pictures” family fantasy “The Spiderwick Chronicles” which had about $27 million in box office sales for what the movie industry calls a five-day weekend.Β» β€”β€œ”Jumper” On Top Of Long Weekend Hits” AHN Feb. 18, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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