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

[James]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

 

I could've swore Goffe or Noctis ranked the prequels higher than some of the OT also.

 

Maybe a Harry Potter fanboy thing? 

The OT is unwatchable. ROTS and AOTC are good. TFA is decent/meh, TPM is bleah.

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, Alli said:

Agh   you were the only one excited to see the movie  which btw has a rating one percent better than After Earth.

I'm always down for a trainwreck but everyone else has been turned off by the horrible reviews (and I sure as hell ain't paying to see it myself) and there's too much else worth saving up to see (Jackie, Fences, Hidden Figures, etc.) over the holidays.

 

Oh well, we're still seeing Passengers. lol.

Edited December 16, 2016 by filmlover

[titanic2187]

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/12/16/box-office-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-thursday-previews-rack-up-over-40-mil

here is the news saying that R1 get $40m, is this credible?

[POTUS 2020]

4 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

there are some rumour saying R1 get $40m+ thrusday night, can someone verify it?

For deadline to project a wide range of 25'40m and miss would be funny and yet par for their course

[FilmBuff]

Stover is a great writer! ? He did a sensational job with Shatterpoint and Rots. And Traitor, which is a separate book of course. Him and Luceno were my favorites. 

 

The 'dark lord' trilogy gives us much more personality to Vader that we didn't get to see in Rots.

[Agafin]

I can't see RO pulling $35m or more in previews. I'm personally predicting about $30m in previews and about $165m for the weekend.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Agafin

[Alli]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I'm always down for a trainwreck but everyone else has been turned off by the horrible reviews (and I sure as hell ain't paying to see it myself) and there's too much else worth saving up to see (Jackie, Fences, Hidden Figures, etc.) over the holidays.

 

Oh well, we're still seeing Passengers. lol.

[DAR]

Just now, FilmBuff said:

Stover is a great writer! ? He did a sensational job with Shatterpoint and Rots. And Traitor, which is a separate book of course. Him and Luceno were my favorites. 

 

The 'dark lord' trilogy gives us much more personality to Vader that we didn't get to see in Rots.

Luceno is definitely my favorite SW author moreso than Timothy Zahn.   

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

6 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/12/16/box-office-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-thursday-previews-rack-up-over-40-mil

here is the news saying that R1 get $40m, is this credible?

Maybe.... If it actually did 40m+.... But I'm very, very skeptical.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Jayhawk

[CaptainJackSparrow]

24 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Not gonna lie, maybe not for all the right reasons either, but Obi Wan riding around on that giant lizard is my favorite part of any PT Star Wars. It's just... Outrageous, fun, alive, bizarre and epitomizes Lucas' go for broke imagination in the movie.

Yes!! Boga alone made me super excited to see the film when I was in third grade!! (I love giant monsters/creatures)

I still have the Boga action figure!!

[water]

rth isn't here because he's giving numbers to "showbiz411.com" now

[grey ghost]

I agree Order 66 could've had more impact.

 

Not necessarily Red Wedding impact but a complete shocker that gives you a grave sense of loss and sadness.

 

Better story telling would've built up that moment as cleverly as Game of Thrones did.

 

Wasted opportunity #289 from the prequels.

 

 

 

 

[stripe]

40M? Are you serious?

 

[Dementeleus]

21 minutes ago, boomboom234 said:

I dont think Order 66 was rushed it was meant to be quick sudden to show how well palpatine arranged the whole thing the Jedi were helpless

 

I know, I'm saying it didn't work well for me.

[grey ghost]

18 minutes ago, boomboom234 said:

I would rank it higher than Jedi the half of the movie spent at Jabba's palace was such a waste a prologue that forgot it was a prologue

 

Han Solo's rescue, the speeder chase and Vader's redemption are head and shoulders above anything from the prequels imo.

 

They rank as some of the best moments in the movie franchise.

 

I know most people put ANH and ESB on the highest pedestal but I have way more fun watching the first and third act of ROTJ.

 

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by grey ghost

[SWXII]

2 minutes ago, stripe said:

40M? Are you serious?

 

 

Imagine when positive wom kicks in.

[druv10]

10 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/12/16/box-office-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-thursday-previews-rack-up-over-40-mil

here is the news saying that R1 get $40m, is this credible?

If it was, we would have seen tweets by ERC, BO.com or by others. We'll know for sure in a hr.

[JohnnyGossamer]

1 minute ago, druv10 said:

If it was, we would have seen tweets by ERC, BO.com or by others. We'll know for sure in a hr.

This.

[lab276]

Preview numbers still aren't in yet???

[misafeco]

I love Jabba's palace. And especially the rescue sequence.