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Yo-Kai Watch beats Star Wars ticket sales in Japan
- Thread starter Sammy Samusu
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lukeskymac
Member
Shit taste, Japan.
Have you seen both movies?
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
I feel sorry for all the parents who had to see Yokai Watch instead of Star Wars because of their damn kids.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Shame. SW 2 straight to DVD/VHS combo.
Since last year. The first movie was based on the second game.
maquiladora
Member
The irony of an immature drive-by post on a video game enthusiast forum calling out man-children.
Ayy...
Star Wars OVA when?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Oooo. Interesting numbers! Thanks a lot!
lukeskymac
Member
If The Room 2 and a new movie from back-from-the-dead Stanley Kubrick were released at the same time, would you also reserve judgement? Take out the hyperbole and it's the same situation here.
plasmawave
Banned
What kinda comparison is that? SMH.
So apparently tickets for the new Star Wars were more expensive than regular tickets, and there was a backlash online because of it and that is way the complaints against Disney,
So, you see, Yo-Kai is on top because they sold MORE tickets, while Star Wars did more money because the tickets are more expensive.
So, you see, Yo-Kai is on top because they sold MORE tickets, while Star Wars did more money because the tickets are more expensive.
lukeskymac
Member
The one with hyperbole in it, in case you didn't manage to read the sentence until its end to post your outrage.
It's Star Wars, half of the movies in the franchise are bad to average, so yes, I will reserve judgement.
Yo-Kai Watch airs on Disney XD.
plasmawave
Banned
But you said even without the hyperbole it's the same situation?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Kubrick being even remotely compared to TFA. The Yokai Watch flick being even remotely likened to a genuinely terrible movie.
NightShift
Member
Not even a competition. Disney should rename the movie to 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Nyan!' before it's too late.
I'd watch two movies before saying anyone seeing one over the other has shit taste.
It's not like The Force Awakens is a Mad Max Fury Road-style genre masterpiece. It's just a good movie. If Yokai Watch 2 is a good movie, than I can't fault people for watching it instead of The Force Awakens.
(But I can fault everyone who didn't watch Mad Max Fury Road, you tasteless fucks)
They're both silly popcorn movies though.
flintstryker
Banned
lol you guys are seriously hurt by that comment aren't yah? so kawaii desu ^-^
Star Wars fanboys like to believe they're cinematic masterpieces on the level of Pulp Fiction and The Godfather.
Hellsing321
Member
Bob Iger on sudoku watch!
DEEPEST LORE
This is the first movie page on Wikipedia I've seen with a one sentence plot summary. Usually those things are miniature novels.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Deepest lore.
SolidSnakesMyStepDad
Member
ahhh beat me to it
Would be nice if it stayed that way instead of transforming into six paragraphs vomiting out the entire plot of the movie.
MrSaturn99
Member
What's weird is that I've read Yo-Kai Watch was already declining in Japan, yet there's news like this. No idea how this premiere compares to the first movie, though.
Yeah but you know it'll get there. Six paragraphs would be a lot for TFA as the story is pretty straightforward.
The first movie sold 1,484,916 tickets opening weekend. So yeah, decline in full effect.
The current plot summary for the Force Awakens page is six paragraphs. That's Wikipedia for you.
NHarmonic.
Member
I don't understand how that mediocre pokemon rip-off sells so much. Seriously, wtf?
It's fun and charming
Also it's not really that similar to pokemon, outside of the fact that you catch/fight monsters (Yo-Kai Spirits in this case) everything else is quite different. Well for the games at least.
Paper Sparrow
Member
Just when you thought the 90's/early 00's were over.
davidwhangchoi
Member
heheh
Because it's barely comparable to Pokemon?
It's also a genuinely good series?
Yes, in all honesty the movie really is better.
They also believe that the Star Wars prequels are good movies.
And_Gignac
Member
BluePikmin11
Member
Yo-kai Watch's first movie ticket sales we're not normal for a regular movie opening weekend. It was kind of bound to decline, but it's still doing really well.
You want to talk mediocre, let's talk about the past decade of Pokemon games.
OverturePT
Member
People are seriously arguing about Yo-Kai and Star Wars quality here? You're all man-childs.
This really continues to show that Japan does have that particular taste. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
This really continues to show that Japan does have that particular taste. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The Last One
Member
That's what I call a plot twist =p
……forgetit
Member
Is this a parks and rec reference?
Ugh
MrPressStart
Member
It's funny to me how different we are culturally. I dig the fact we are all different and every once in a while something brings everybody together and boom you have it.
Madonna
But I have seen Star Wars and it's really good. It's action with a flare of nostalgia and some young promising talent plus Disneys money.
Madonna
But I have seen Star Wars and it's really good. It's action with a flare of nostalgia and some young promising talent plus Disneys money.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
So this is comparing the ticket numbers for the 2nd and 3rd days of release for Star Wars, versus the 1st and 2nd days of release for Yokai Watch? That could possibly explain the difference. Although, you wouldn't expect that much of a drop off within 3 days for Star Wars.
BudokaiMR2
Member
I think children's tickets are cheaper, but it's actually the opposite when it comes to matinee vs. late show prices. The late show tickets are always cheaper because you are basically sacrificing your ability to catch the last train home in most cases.
I gotta say, this just seems like a case of amazing PR spin. The headline seems to be coming from comparing the weekend sales, even though TFA opened on a Friday and was mostly sold out on that day. Hell, my company even told employees they could leave early to catch the showings if they needed to. Though this place is full of hardcore Star Wars fans so we are an obvious exception.
Still a valid comparison though as the metrics for measuring movies are always all over the place. I hate movie sales records and how they work in general. "RECORD BROKEN FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON TICKET SALES IN ARGENTINA AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS!" etc