Star Wars: The Force Awakens On Track For A Record-Breaking Opening Weekend
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I did not.
Mostly because I work, and tickets for weekend shows when I am free are not yet up for sale in my country. Only tickets for day1 were offered, and all of them were gone in a flash.
Doubtful. It's got to have some serious legs. I'd love to see it happen but I don't think it will.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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It will smash Jurassic World. That's all that matters
Come to Butt-Head
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I think there's really only two things that can potentially hold TFA back.
1. Bad weather.
2. Bad reviews.
Assuming the weather is fine, and the movie reviews well, the sky is the limit.
1. Bad weather.
2. Bad reviews.
Assuming the weather is fine, and the movie reviews well, the sky is the limit.
BenjaminBirdie
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Best movie ever makes most money ever.
Seems reasonable to me.
Seems reasonable to me.
AstroNut325
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Any reviews yet?
I'm sorry, wouldn't people be MORE inclined to see a movie if the weather is bad?
The movie isn't even finished yet, it's over a month from release.
You try driving to a theater in a foot of snow.
I am skipping this. Although I'm really curious to see what kind of business it does when it finally comes out.
More inclined to see a movie on their couch maybe.
Out of curiosity, why?
Mass_Pincup
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I hope people bookmarked the thread about which movie between Avengers 2, Jurassic World and Star Wars 7 will make more money.
A lot of crows are getting ready to be served...
A lot of crows are getting ready to be served...
BronsonLee
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Because you make too many goddamn Star Wars threads
Though you didn't make this one, goddamnit Bronx Man
Aaron Strife
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"But Star Wars is niche, look at Episode III"
- GAF six months ago
- GAF six months ago
I never grew up watching Star Wars so I finally watched it for the first time several years ago to see what the hype is about. Watched both trilogies, episodes 4-6 first. Did nothing for me. Didn't like any of the characters or stories so I'm not interested in TFA. Yeah I know I'm the odd man when it comes to liking Star Wars. Mostly just interested to see what kind of crazy records it may or may not break in December.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves now.
Ray Wonder
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Lol sorry I really couldn't miss the opportunity though
(This question made sense to me)
They were thirsty for Star Wars in 1999 as well.
Exterminieren
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I'm still not convinced OW records are a legitimate target, I must be honest.
If we do get these records, I could see legs being disappointing by December standards.
If we do get these records, I could see legs being disappointing by December standards.
BenjaminBirdie
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I run in two speeds:
1) Ahead of myself
2) I can't even see myself in the rearview mirror
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Come to Butt-Head
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If there's a major snowstorm, it might be unsafe to drive.
stupid question: why would disney let anyone see this film early or allow reviews to go out before the film is released?
I feel like the last thing they want is a headline like "THE PHANTOM MENACE ALL OVER AGAIN: NEW STAR WARS DISAPPOINTS. 6/10" a few days before the film is released. I think we just saw it with Spectre. bad reviews certainly hurt that film.
unlike most movies, there are expectations going into a new star wars that literally no other movie franchise has to endure. even if the movie is really damn good, if it's anything less than THE GREATEST THING EVER I can see reviews being negative.
at the same time, the movie might be the shits but the reviewers are so blinded by the hype that the scores are incredibly high. who knows.
I feel like the last thing they want is a headline like "THE PHANTOM MENACE ALL OVER AGAIN: NEW STAR WARS DISAPPOINTS. 6/10" a few days before the film is released. I think we just saw it with Spectre. bad reviews certainly hurt that film.
unlike most movies, there are expectations going into a new star wars that literally no other movie franchise has to endure. even if the movie is really damn good, if it's anything less than THE GREATEST THING EVER I can see reviews being negative.
at the same time, the movie might be the shits but the reviewers are so blinded by the hype that the scores are incredibly high. who knows.
Come to Butt-Head
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I don't really think that's comparable to the current situation. We have the original cast returning. Plus, the prequel trilogy bombed critically.
BenjaminBirdie
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Reviews won't have any impact until the second or third week.
I mean, y'all can hem and haw all y'all want but I was the only person in my HSX League who was right about Guardians and there are a LOT of people in that League.
So, you know, who you gonna believe?
Bobby Roberts
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If they're confident it'll get good word of mouth that will only help the marketing push in the final week, they'll do it. But they'd have to be confident that film critics would essentially help provide the blurbs they'd need for that last batch of print and TV ads.
I feel like this applies less to actual film critics than it does audiences in general.
johancruijff
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can't wait for december 16th
Come on.
Abrams and Cameron both have excellent averages. Neither has really done anything "shitty" in decades.
People think that now but that wasn't the case at the time. Episode III's RT score in 2005 was mid-80%.
Come to Butt-Head
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Granted, but I still think the original cast returning is a major leg up in comparison to the prequel trilogy. Plus, nostalgia is a major factor nowadays. Jurassic World did complete gangbusters off of nothing but nostalgia.
Forget it Busty, it's Gaftown.
Aaron Strife
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I feel like this was relative to the previous prequels that critics/fanboys (who wanted to like them) were like "oh thank God a GOOD one" but enough people were turned off by the first two they didn't even bother.
III was the only prequel I didn't see in theatres for that reason.
tiredheadcrab
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Thats because it will be the best movie of all time.
Of
All
Time
It will eat up all the opening weekend records. Every single one of them.
Of
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It will eat up all the opening weekend records. Every single one of them.
Oh come on. The ideal that the the old actors coming back is going to be enough to have this movie do 2.7X more worldwide compared to TPM and dethrone avatar like people in thread are posting is ridiculous. People enjoyed Jurassic World, just because you think it was "nothing of nostalgia" doesn't mean that the general movie going public felt that way.
Abrams dethroning Cameron. Shit dethroned by shit.
Come to Butt-Head
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I didn't say that TFA would dethrone Avatar, and I didn't say that JW was a bad movie.
I'm saying that nostalgia definitely played a big role in it's success. Honestly, I think you're downplaying the nostalgia factor. My grandfather never goes to the movies, and even he is going to see TFA specifically because the original actors are returning.
Yeah, anecdotal evidence and all, but still.
Won't happen.
1) Nobody watches movies in December. The transition of leaving your warm home and going into the cold outside world, opening your car and driving to the theater and then watch a long movie and then do the whole process again in reverse is just too much. Very bad calculation by Disney.
2) This is Star Wars, an old 80s sci-fi franchise nobody really cares for other than old men with internet access. This isn't Avengers 2, a movie that is perfect for the current Zeitgeist and not your dad's old fave movie. I see all this talk about "this is going to be an event", no, it's not, this won't be talked about anymore two weeks later, trust me. They should just rename the franchise to Star Was.
3) AFAIK the bank systems of America would shutdown if many people would decide to cash out enough money for a sum of $225 million dollars in a short time span - like, this is technically just not possible. People know you don't ruin America for a single movie which is why most people will catch this on Hulu in 1 year.
Big bogus article, yuck.
1) Nobody watches movies in December. The transition of leaving your warm home and going into the cold outside world, opening your car and driving to the theater and then watch a long movie and then do the whole process again in reverse is just too much. Very bad calculation by Disney.
2) This is Star Wars, an old 80s sci-fi franchise nobody really cares for other than old men with internet access. This isn't Avengers 2, a movie that is perfect for the current Zeitgeist and not your dad's old fave movie. I see all this talk about "this is going to be an event", no, it's not, this won't be talked about anymore two weeks later, trust me. They should just rename the franchise to Star Was.
3) AFAIK the bank systems of America would shutdown if many people would decide to cash out enough money for a sum of $225 million dollars in a short time span - like, this is technically just not possible. People know you don't ruin America for a single movie which is why most people will catch this on Hulu in 1 year.
Big bogus article, yuck.
Skellig Gra
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Didn't everything crash/sell out with the WiiU launch?
hahahahaa, I mean, it's going to make a LOT and probably shatter records but not everyone loves Star Wars as much as you do.
WyndhamPrice
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Lifejumper
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Will it beat Furious 7 tho? My friends arent convinced.
Are you by chance an expert on America?
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