ROGUE ONE WEEKEND THREAD | Actuals R1 155.09m, Moana 12.7m, OCP 8.58m, CB 7.1m, FB 5.07m

[Daxtreme]

2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

You never told me we were discussing WW box office events??

 

 

DAT GIF!!

 

[Claire of Themyscira]

1 minute ago, IronJimbo said:

Angeldemito does it better.

And so does Kal, bitch.

 

[JohnnyGossamer]

See The Matrix was mentioned. It was shocking to see that a month before Phantom Menace and realize it broke more ground with VFX than Menace.

[That One Girl]

If I were old enough, @Rey would be the girl I'd ask out before promptly getting rejected.  

[Claire of Themyscira]

1 minute ago, robertman2 said:

Hey, boo.

 

[filmlover]

6 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

See The Matrix was mentioned. It was shocking to see that a month before Phantom Menace and realize it broke more ground with VFX than Menace.

Let's not forget that a lot of people also tried to blame Columbine on the movie.

Edited December 19, 2016 by filmlover

[robertman2]

1 minute ago, Rey said:

Hey, boo.

 

 

[MovieMan89]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Let's forget that a lot of people also tried to blame Columbine on the movie.

So why bring it up in the first place? 

[Dementeleus]

9 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Only in the pop culture sense (i.e. it resonated in a huge way with those who saw it). It wasn't a box office event however. 

 

This is categorically insane.

[robertman2]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Let's forget that a lot of people also tried to blame Columbine on the movie.

I thought it was violent video games that caused it!

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:

You never told me we were discussing WW box office events??

 

 

I'm pretty sure we were just discussing events?

 

It's a loose term, and it'd be odd for Frozen not to be considered one.  Even with "only" 400m at the BO, it smashed in DVR, Album and Merchandise sales, as well as cultural relevance.  The grand picture of the movie was unprecedented and lightning in a bottle.

 

Anyways, I still think anything over 400m is an event movie.  Maybe 10 years ago or so that bar was set at 300m.  It's an event because it gets a whole lot butts into soldout theaters, people make an event out of it, that's a near yearly thing.

 

Phenomenon is different.  The Star Wars franchise itself is a phenomenon, Avatar and Titanic were phenomenons.  Those are a few times a decade sort of thing.

[Claire of Themyscira]

Just now, That One Guy said:

If I were old enough, @Rey would be the girl I'd ask out before promptly getting rejected.  

Awe, how old are you, babe?

 

I mean, do you have money? Are you white? At least cute?

 

[That One Girl]

Just now, robertman2 said:

I thought it was violent video games that caused it!

 

That was Sandy Hook.  Getting your school shootings blaming out of order, I see.

[FlashMaster659]

[That One Girl]

Just now, Rey said:

Awe, how old are you, babe?

 

I mean, do you have money? Are you white? At least cute?

 

 

I'm 15

[MovieMan89]

2 minutes ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

 

This is categorically insane.

So then where are all those extra admissions? It can leave a huge mark on the people who saw it all it wants, but at the end of the day not enough people actually did see it for it to be a box office event. It paled in comparison to the box office events of the decades prior to the start of the 90's. 

Edited December 19, 2016 by MovieMan89

[That One Girl]

Just now, That One Guy said:

 

I'm 15

 

On another note, things just got really awkward

[Dementeleus]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

So then where are all those extra admissions? It can leave a huge mark on the people who saw it all it wants, but at the end of the day not enough people actually did see it for it to be a box office event. It paled in comparison the box office events of the decades prior to the start of the 90's. 

 

This is why using estimated admissions can become wildly absurd. 

[Claire of Themyscira]

Just now, That One Guy said:

 

I'm 15. 

 

Yikes. Call me when you're 21.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, robertman2 said:

I thought it was violent video games that caused it!

A nationwide debate about violence in the media occurred, actually.