Sagemode87

My thoughts exactly. The movie was good at best. It's only getting hype because it's a sequel to ROTJ and people are viewing it with rose tinted glasses. The movie has huge flaws. Napoleon Dynamite...... I mean Ren was a garbage villain the moment he unmasked. Rey defeating him with no training is lol worthy and it's horrible/lazy writing. I don't care if she is possibly Lukes daughter.

Don't think it's them being conservative. The movie can't stay hot forever, has to lose steam at some point.

Yeah but Avatar took a long time to do that. By the time it made it to 600m, it slowed down. This is at 600m and going on as if it just opened, doesn't make sense. At some point, there's overlap with fans of popular films. For example, I like Star Wars, Avatar, JP series, Batman, Superman, Spiderman, etc. I contributed to the BO run of the movies from those series. To outgross everything as fast as it did and not be frontloaded, I'm guessing SW just appeals to a lot more people that don't go to see other series. Either that or the population doubled.

I realize the old cast helped here, but with so much saturation at 600m, who hasn't seen this yet? What I'm getting at is how can it do 27m on its second Wednesday , a number most blockbusters can't get on its first Monday. Is the series just that popular? Maybe the amount of money the prequels made masked the popularity of it.

27 million Wednesday? In all seriousness, how is it that this movie isn't slowing down. I mean it's already made over 600 mil, just about what JW and TA made LTD in 12 freaking days . Is this hold coming from the fact that Star Wars has more fans, are grossing numbers a complete lie, are people that usually don't go to the movies watching this, did the population double, are fanboys going broke seeing it 20 times? This type of run doesn't make sense, what do you guys think is putting this head and shoulders above other blockbusters?

Obviously not as rabid as Star Wars.

Doesn't make it a better movie. Star Wars just has a more rabid fanbase. TFA was overrated garbage.

I feel that way about Star Wars. TFA was a mediocre film to me. Not everyone is going to like everything equally. I personally think JP deserved the nomination.

Don't get cocky, Avatars worldwide record is going nowhere, deservedly so.

Going to be boring in terms of box office weekend or records. Hope these crazy numbers are worth it.

That wasn't directly meant for the posters on this board. No need for direct insults. I stand by my opinion though, movies with weak villains don't deserve top grossing ever. If the fans loved it that much despite its huge flaws, then I guess it's the movie they deserve.

A direct insult over an opinion, see you're proving my statement to be true.

30 million on Monday? Okay, is this crap ever gonna slow down. Diehard fanboys are going broke seeing this 30 times. What losers Theres only 3 movies in history thats done over 600 mil, and this undeserving tripe does it in 12 days. Star Wars fans lmao. Don't care what no one says, this movie wasn't THAT good.

Why?it's completely valid. I'm surprised more people don't bring it up. Kylo fell apart for me after that happened. A very weak villain.

Some fanboys are being way too cocky and greedy. The movie is over performing and posters are circle jerking about it

How many times are fans going to watch this, don't understand viewing this 3-4 times. Twice maybe.

Regarding the title, Avatars WW record isn't going anywhere. If Star Wars doesn't slow down, Domestic is easily within its grasp.

Look, it was a good movie, but it had flaws. Just because I don't make excuses for bad writing doesn't mean I'm hating. Kylo is overexposed at this point and he's uninteresting unless major changes come his way.

Here we go again? It's a perfect complaint about the movie. Even if there was an explanation, which there is not, a villain is supposed to look strong until the end. Rey should've lost the fight, we're supposed to anticipate her growth, not Rens. Ren not fully trained? Rey just picked up a lightsaber for crying out loud. He was trained by Luke and his master. If we're not supposed to believe he's strong, why the hell is he leading a fleet of stormtroopers. No way he should've lost to someone who picked up a lightsaber for the first time. It's bad writing no matter how you cut it. Fans always make an excuse for this. Kylo is just a crap villain, couldn't take him serious anymore after he took off the mask. Speaking of which, the unmasking was way too casual and he looks like David Schwimmer from FRIENDS. Terrible villain.

What's boring about this thread is that it seems possible. This movie seems to have everyone hypnotized to see it and it's nothing special or groundbreaking. I don't know if fanboys are watching it 20 times or if it's actually attracting viewers that other movies just don't get. You'd think the US population doubled or something. Don't get why it's basically doing Hunger Games CF numbers in a single week, but whatever. Seems like there's no slowing down which is asinine during this time of year.

I wouldn't be surprised at this point tbh

Don't think the movie deserves THIS kind of success but my hats off to it being able to pull these kinds of numbers in freaking December. It's like Disney hypnotized everyone to see this 6 times in theaters or something. What's next, 70 mil on Christmas. Geez.

JW final fight >>>>TFA final fight by a mile.

JW is very much iconic. Don't get the hate for it.

Probably the only post I'll agree with in this thread.