Despite opposition from at least some of the adult entertainment industry, the .XXX top level domain has proved a success with over 42,000 applications for .XXX domain names since the 7 September launch of the Sunrise Period, with the registry claiming thousands more are pouring in each day.The 42,000 applications, at an average application fee of $200, of which $168 goes to ICM Registry, means that registrants have paid out $8.4 million to get or block their .XXX domain according to a Domain Name Wire report.The report says that with founder sales and other revenue, total revenue would be in the vicinity of $10 million, and the Sunrise period has not even finished yet.There are only five days remaining in the Sunrise period the registry announced, during which all registered brand and trademark holders can purchase their corresponding domain names. The number of applications already received is over five times what ICM had anticipated.”We are very pleased, but not surprised, by this overwhelming response to the availability of .XXX domains,” said Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry. “The applications have been well balanced between brand owners inside the adult industry and those non-adult brands that want to protect their trademarks.”The Sunrise period ends this Friday, 28 October, 2011, leaving qualified brand owners who have not yet exercised their “Sunrise” rights with five days to do so. Once the Sunrise period expires, any brand owners who want to secure their corresponding .XXX domain name will have to do so through the same process as the other general applicants.The first opportunity to apply for .XXX domain names for members of the adult entertainment industry who did not qualify as trademark or brand holders during Sunrise, will be the 17-day “Landrush” period, beginning on 8 November.General Availability of all remaining .XXX domain names will begin on December 6, 2011.To register your .XXX domain name, check out America Registry here.