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People who were hoping for sub-R1 numbers before the Deadline estimates came out, and then after:

Because I'm stupid. Will fix it.

1. Star Wars: Episode VIII - $750M 2: The LEGO Batman Movie - $380M 3. Spider-Man: Homecoming - $330M 4: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $310M 5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - ~$300M 6: Justice League: Part 1 - ~$300M 7: Fast and Furious 8 - ~$290M 8: Beauty and the Beast - $290M 9: Kong: Skull Island - $240M 10: Thor: Ragnarok - $240M (This assuming Deadpool 2 is 2018) These numbers are all too high (except Star Wars, which could double the take of the second place movie) but yes, LEGO Batman will outstrip the other superhero movies in 2017 (if it's as acclaimed as The LEGO Movie was). Thor could move up higher if it's got more than Thor and Loki in it.

The ship they were on at the end looked very much like the Enterprise NX-01 from Enterprise. It's definitely a different ship, Star Fleet for sure. EDIT: It's this:

I think it could be close, though will go with Rogue One for now. I wouldn't judge the hype for FB until we actually see some fantastic beasts.

Can someone explain to me what the relationship is between the Resistance, the Republic, and the First Order? From what I understand, the First Order is the remnants of the Empire and the Resistance is the new Rebel Alliance. How does the Republic play into this (or did, considering they got obliterated)? The First Order destroyed the Republic with the Starkiller Base because they were supporting the rebels, but they supposedly had a substantial fleet of their own. Was the Resistance a third faction or more like a terrorist group in the eyes of the First Order?

I'm not sure if I completely understand the calls for a big Pokémon movie. There are almost 20 feature length Pokémon movies out and the series is still going strong. Nintendo and Game Freak won't even make a full console version of Pokémon, so I don't see a live action film ever happening. It wouldn't translate to live action as well as Transformers did either because the art style is too unique. Wouldn't look right. That said, there is a live action Legend of Zelda show in the works, so I guess anything is possible.

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 215 million 2. Star Wars: Episode 7 - 180 million 3. Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2 - 160 million 4. Bond 24 - 109 million 5. Jurassic World - 105 million 6. Fast 7 - 95 million 7. Ant-Man - 85 million 8. The Fantastic Four - 70 million 9. The Good Dinosaur - 65 million ( Cookie for first one to get it ) 10. Mission Impossible 5 - 64 million

This will have a major drop, at least domestically. Overseas could be around the same due to expanding markets. The first film owes its box office success to Avatar. When I went to see it most of the folks waiting in line were more excited about seeing a 3D film again than they were the movie itself. Without that push this will probably end up around Oz.

I've always wondered what would happen to these kinds of movies, the ones that have multiple sequels all shot at once, if the first (or second in Avatar's case) one bombed. Avatar 2 won't, but I think it'll eventually happen to some series of films. Aside from an unholy amount of perspiration coming from the studio heads, of course.

Well, one thing is locked for sure. The folks over at Disney will be in a cheery mood after the opening weekend for both potential #1 films.