Ethan Hunt Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 4 minutes ago, The Panda Menace said: Neither way, Star Wars is making more in 3-4 days than MJ2 will total. Yeah yeah yeah... Fuck Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 minute ago, Cochofles said: Question for those of you who know: why would George Lucas renounce all of this completely? He could've easily still retained the rights to SW but allow JJ and the writers to steer the franchise into something separate from the PT. I mean, just because he has the rights doesn't mean that he cannot allow anyone else to build this new chapater of the SW saga. Not that he needs the money or anything, but couldn't he just let JJ do their thing while still owning the property? I am not saying, "OMG, why did George Lucas abandonus??"; I am just curious about his selling the property. Would it be such hard work for him just to sit back and rake in the more money while JJ did the heavy lifting? I have no idea, I'm just thankful he did sell the rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 4 minutes ago, spizzer said: I saw Martian there but obviously no 3D or 4:3 scenes. Otherwise it was pretty awesome, brighter than their old projector. I might have to do this in both. I found it a lot better than the Martian, because at least when I saw it , it wasn't optimized for IMAX. The sound system sounded better than The Martian and Ant-Man, but that probably was the mix. Sound is definitely a lot more balanced at Udvar, but it doesn't have the same oomph as at Lockheed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Skywalker Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens — BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) December 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 minute ago, Luiz Nando said: @BoxOffice STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens Well that was lower than expected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 minute ago, Luiz Nando said: @BoxOffice STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens Lower than the estimates? The Flop Awakens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 minute ago, Luiz Nando said: @BoxOffice STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens Interesting that it's a bit lower than early projections. $5-$10m difference is very meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 AOTC dropped for more than a single reason: Nowhere to go but down Not ideal reception from TPM Not ideal reception for itself Competition from SM1 Why are folks insistent on there being a sole correct factor? Reality rarely works like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerDurden365 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 2 minutes ago, Cochofles said: Question for those of you who know: why would George Lucas renounce all of this completely? He could've easily still retained the rights to SW but allow JJ and the writers to steer the franchise into something separate from the PT. I mean, just because he has the rights doesn't mean that he cannot allow anyone else to build this new chapater of the SW saga. Not that he needs the money or anything, but couldn't he just let JJ do their thing while still owning the property? I am not saying, "OMG, why did George Lucas abandon us??"; I am just curious about his selling the property. Would it be such hard work for him just to sit back and rake in the more money while JJ did the heavy lifting? Pure speculation but it was likely a combo of: 1) wanting to retire; 2) Disney offering 4 BILLION dollars; 3) Disney wanting to make sure that they had full creative control over where the franchise went in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 2 minutes ago, Luiz Nando said: @BoxOffice STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens It is insane but thanks to the ridiculous stuff being thrown around now I feel disappointed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 minute ago, Luiz Nando said: @BoxOffice STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens Freaking Amazing! But unfortunately went down $5-7m from last night's late # :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 6 minutes ago, BKB IS CAPTAIN AMERICA said: This is what Kal posted his morning.. I'd give anything to know WTF any of this means?? How the fuck is this in any way, a disrespect to the Old Trilogy?? I love Kal, but a lot of his posts make no sense. I am not even talking about the topics he brings up, but about the actual language (almost as if English were not his mother tongue). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattW Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) Normal business hours Friday looks almost exactly the same as jurassic world. Could even be less depending on which way the Thursday preview estimate actually went which we'll never know. $230m is not guaranteed. Meltdowns incoming Edited December 19, 2015 by IMojammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 2 hours ago, Lordmandeep said: The fact it opened to highest previews and looks to perhaps take a bunch of daily weekend records still is nuts. our assumption was Sw7 would have more a Dh2 style of opening Our? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasanahmad Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 The flop awakens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Flop lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misafeco Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 5 minutes ago, Kalderic said: Wait, so is mentioning a characters name considered a spoiler now? Especially one that has been the front of practically all the marketing? Am I missing something? I think the moderators moved 1 or 2 comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Can we stop with the fucking spoilers in this thread. There are at least two threads. Please show some common courtesy!!!!! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 minute ago, CJ Ren said: It is insane but thanks to the ridiculous stuff being thrown around now I feel disappointed. It means everything over $260m is in serious danger of being too high honestly. $300m is officially dead you crazy kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 So 63.5M Friday. Tied with JW's Friday record for now. 240-250M weekend barring massive Saturday jump (which is feasible, given earlier Thursday previews tend to deflate Friday a little bit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...