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If legal marijuana were a movie, the $11 million that's estimated to have been taken in during Oregon's first week of retail sales would place it fourth on the list of U.S. weekend box-office receipts, right behind 

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We're comparing apples and oranges, of course: 

 reflect this past weekend, while the pot figure is for the first five days of legal sales in Oregon. But if we look at seven days of box-office results, pot in Oregon would still take fifth, solidly ahead of 

The figure has attracted notice since it was announced last week by a trade group, the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association. In part, that's because the retail estimate is higher than pot's legal debuts in Washington and Colorado; it also beat Oregon officials' estimates.


ORCA Executive Director Casey Houlihan tells NPR 

 that Oregon had 247 stores take part in its marijuana sales — and that retailers took in $3.5 million on the first day alone.
"We're seeing about 500 people a day," Jeff Johnson, who owns a dispensary called Nectar in Portland, tells 

 when recreational marijuana sales became fully legal earlier this month, could be that for now, Oregon's pot is on discount: The state won't start levying a 25 percent tax on retail sales until January.
Discussing potential tax revenue from legal pot, Oregon officials 

 the state would take in "$10.7 million in revenue for the 2015-2017 biennium."
To bring in that figure at the 25 percent tax rate, the state would need around $42.8 million in sales.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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If legal marijuana were a movie, the $11 million that's estimated to have been spent during Oregon's first week of sales would place it fourth on the latest list of U.S. weekend box-office receipts.

If it were a movie, 'Oregon Pot' would be no. 4 at the box office

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