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Personally will be waiting for reviews before even thinking about buying tickets to the Solo pic.

I have figured out a way Episode IX can redeem the franchise without destroying the previous two trilogies in the process. Episode 8 is not salvageable. But since it ended where it started essentially, that shouldn't be a problem. I expect ticket sales will plummet if JJ can't put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Fans won't be fooled yet again.

Star Wars has always had a diverse cast and strong female leads and I wasn't referring to anything similar. The movie is without meaning or depth in its character development. There is no story. The policy after IX should be that the writer and director should be different people. Probably shouldn't even work in the same building. I have seen every Star Wars film multiple times in the theater. Once was enough for The Last Jedi. "Hollywood" has reached a dead end and is no longer capable of creating meaningful stories seemingly. This is the politics or values of the place.

A Star Wars trilogy film in this day and age should be able to do 1 billion DOM. Anything as coherent as ESB or RotJ would easily meet that threshold. But sadly these films seem more interested in servicing current political interests at the cost of what made the franchise great in the first place. TLJ has elements of greatness but it mostly misses as a Star Wars film the more I have thought about it. There is enough in place to make Episode IX a home run* however. I am cautiously optimistic. *1 billion DOM

What currency are you using?

Do they really preach about "secondary smoke" in The Darkest Hour? See, this is why fewer and fewer tickets get sold at the cinema. Stop the out of context social engineering already. Just stop.

It doesn't take a committee to reskin the same plot. I had the same complaint about TFA but also completely understand why Disney was so careful. TLJ tried to work in way too many ideas. It desperately could use a re-edit before release to the secondary markets. Some of it defines the term 'cringe worthy'. Other aspects are the strongest we have seen from any of the other films. Luke's story could not have been handled better in my opinion. I rate Episode 8 far higher than any of the prequels.

JJ needs to run a much tighter ship for IX. No more storyline by working groups at Lucasfilm. Save that for the TV series. The entire saga is redeemable with some simple but elegant plot twists. TLJ was somewhat of a lost opportunity but I still think the best SW content is in front of us. Stepping off soap box now.

Better jump than TFA on same day. So that is something.

TLJ box office responds to all those click bait YouTube critics like Luke would deal with a bit of dandruff.

Now that makes sense.

Just wait until tomorrow. Should hit overdrive.

You used 'a lot' rather than 'alot' so you are wayyyyyy ahead of the game. Congratulation and welcome.

SW Episode IX December 2019 is a lock. Probably.

We might even get sat estimates later.

Yeah, that must be it.

Pretty good hold for Rogue. Should pass the 525 million dollar mark this weekend.

The left has lost what little sanity it had. Jump off that crazy train before it is too late.

Zoo is utopianism for the naive.

Best news out of this event.

I think Thursday and Fridays have been weaker due to better marketed openings and many more options than last year. But still, I think it continues to track like TFA. Only thing that looks different this year is the Lego Batman threat.

Why wouldn't it follow the percentages of TFA?

RO officially over ROTS all-time domestic adjusted. Nice.

Rogue hits the afterburners!

There needs to be three or four films in this new era to establish any trends. The franchise has had decades to establish itself domestically. It is only getting started globally and by asking people to jump in mid-series. That is difficult. RO is not nearly as relatable to those not raised on Episode 4 which is 3 generations in the states. But rest assured it gains thousands of fans daily overseas. It will be a long process for those fans to access all the movies to this point but they will. So you are being entirely unreasonable or obtuse. Or trolling.