Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Luckily the new Star Wars roundly debunks that kind of terrible philosophy. This will begin to make things right.
I think its time for a new king of the box office. Goodbye blue Pocahontas.
Wkd Box Office 1218-2015 - Force Awakens does good... gOOOood, opens w/ $248m
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Luckily the new Star Wars roundly debunks that kind of terrible philosophy. This will begin to make things right.
I think its time for a new king of the box office. Goodbye blue Pocahontas.
Chezzymann
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Yep. We haven't ever had a situation like this before, where a movie performs like a summer movie in the winter. We basically don't have much of a clue how this will play out right?
We can just use the Force to figure out how it will play out!
The biggest lesson of 2015 box office that the super hero genre is not the king of the blockbuster, the Lucas/Spielberg style blockbusters from Lucasfilm and Amblin still are the king and have much much wider appeal as they have been since the one-two punch of Jaws in '75 and Star Wars in '77.
freenudemacusers
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I feel like we should have two box office categories, one for original, creative IPs (avatar), and one for sequels/franchises (Star Wars, transformers, etc). Would make for a more objective comparison.
Wouldn't the first category not include Avatar since it neither original or creative?
I mean... it's called Unobtanium...
Shuggananas
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The basically non-existent drop on Sunday is a solid early indicator this is could play out like a movie that opens like a blockbuster but with legs like a December release. Summer blockbusters do not have those crazy low drops on their opening Sunday typically.
Your posts sounds like someone who just wants Avatar to have a way to cling-on to the #1 domestic side. Not to mention "original and creative" is not an objective criteria at all like you claim lol. Who is to say Avatar is original and creative? That's pure opinion.
$132 of that came from my wallet.
thestopsign
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With kids out from school on Christmas holidays, these week day numbers are going to be pretty ridiculous.
Well technically, James Cameron is still the "king" until the deed is done.
Infernostew
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Saw it at 7pm Sunday night (non 3D) and waited outside for 30mins for good seats. Showing before was sold out and my theater was probably sold out too. When I got to the theater at 4pm trying to get tickets for the 4:45 showing, IMAX 3d showings were sold out until 11pm. It was insanity there.
Oh is is still up there even if he falls to #2. No question. He is part of that trio, anyone who says otherwise is crazy. Clearly the kings of the 80's/early 90's blockbusters with Spielberg's Amblin, Lucas's Lucasfilm, and Cameron still have much wider appeal than any super hero franchise could ever hope to achieve.
It was only a year ago people were declaring no one gave a shit about Spielberg/Lucas franchises, the kids only want Avengers. In all honesty I sort of believed it too, I thought Gambit was crazy in his Star Wars #1 & Jurassic World #2 for the year prediction.
Gentleman Jack
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Did Cheebs seriously just fall for that? macusers should change his avatar more often..
BronsonLee
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Why are you all falling for freenudemacusers
Discotheque
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i really liked the anti-military plot and having the lead be a paralyzed person. could have done without the aliens looking so fugly tho.
plus plenty of movies have done the "outsider goes native" route. dances with wolves, last samurai, last of mohicans etc.
And soon we'll have a Ghostbusters reboot, Gremlins sequel, Bill & Ted sequel, etc.
The 80s are back, baby.
BronsonLee
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It's probably the 70s. /Rocky
I am really curious to see how Ghostbusters does. People complain about "ewwww girls" nonsense but a trailer with the Ray Parker Jr. theme playing? That's going to hit the nostalgia button of a lot of people.
Both Gremlins and Bill & Ted are in development hell and have been for years, I wouldn't expect them anytime soon if ever until they actually are in pre-production.
freenudemacusers
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I don't understand the response. There were no avatar toys prior to avatar, surely we should account for this pent up demand and marketing in the reception of a film (like with the MCU for another example). There is only one avatar, which makes its performance all the more exemplary of how quality can cross demographics worldwide.
Falling for what? I thought it was a good joke post.
Yeah, it's not the greatest movie ever (not even close) and Cameron has shown he can clearly do better but it's a fine enough movie and was absolutely worth the price of admission to see in IMAX 3D.
I always find it weird how Avatar seems to be the movie that receives all the salt regarding its box office performance while Titanic is more or less left alone. I LOVED Titanic but as I understand it that movie wasn't received nearly as well in hindsight.
BronsonLee
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Not you
Titanic is half a great movie. The first half is garbage, but once the ship starts sinking I enjoyed it.
Avatar was just straight up boring.
Ahh. Gotcha.
It's even more ridiculous when they do it to prop what is essentially a ANH remake.
ratcliffja
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Gremlins sequel? About time...
Interfectum
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A New Hope remake is more interesting to me than Pocahontas redux #125
I think Bobby is right, it's more of a OT trilogy remix than a straight up ANH remake. The first act plays like ANH, second act plays like ESB, third plays like ROTJ.
Lifejumper
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It wont break avatars breh. Lower expectations pls. Would like to eat crow tho.
ProudCanuck
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Math using historical movie multiplier data
Typical Blockbuster multiplier x2.5 = 625 Million Domestic (#4 All Time)
Typical well reviewed Blockbuster multiplier x3.2 = 800 Million Domestic (#1 All Time)
Typical defining event Blockbuster multiplier x3.8 = 950 Million Domestic (#1 All Time)
A New Hope is 1.5 Billion Inflation Adjusted
Empire Strikes back is 818 Million Inflation Adjusted
ROTJ is 784 Million Inflation Adjusted
Phantom Menace is 750 Million Inflation Adjusted
Typical Blockbuster multiplier x2.5 = 625 Million Domestic (#4 All Time)
Typical well reviewed Blockbuster multiplier x3.2 = 800 Million Domestic (#1 All Time)
Typical defining event Blockbuster multiplier x3.8 = 950 Million Domestic (#1 All Time)
A New Hope is 1.5 Billion Inflation Adjusted
Empire Strikes back is 818 Million Inflation Adjusted
ROTJ is 784 Million Inflation Adjusted
Phantom Menace is 750 Million Inflation Adjusted
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Just like Tommy Wiseau's The Room.
Titanic got a similar amount of hate when it came out from a certain contingent of people. A nerdy contingent of people, that is. All based entirely on the fact that it was just too successful. Titanic has actually climbed a full point on imdb since it came out, if I'm remembering things correctly.
It won't worldwide. Domestically, better chances of beating it than not at this point I think.
JimJamJones
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It borrows elements from the whole OT, but it's pretty much ANH. I'm posting this again cuz I just like it that much.
It doesn't reflect on whether it's a good movie or not, but it is what it is.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Yeah those posts are low key making me want Star Wars to be unable to win the best selling of all time. Just to see the tears. While this movie is fantastic, it sure as hell isn't some creative or groundbreaking movie. Avatar pushed movies forward with what it did with 3D, far more than the new Star Wars.
Already heard this when some people predicted an OW > 200M
The Force is calling to you ... let it in
yeah but it's insulting to our intelligence to call the previously impossible to find energy source just unobtanium. lazy film for idiots.
calling the planet which shoots vast lazers at other systems to destroy them star killer planet though. omg what a film.
Charles Foster Kane
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Avatar WW was hardly in question.
The one in question is the domestic take. I think it has a strong chance of beating Avatar there.
The one in question is the domestic take. I think it has a strong chance of beating Avatar there.
In fairness, Starkiller base is an obvious reference to Luke's original name, so it's not quite the same thing.
Shuggananas
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but death star was such a better name !
really yo
really yo
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