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[BestPicturePlutoNash]

1 minute ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

Could we be looking at the first year where a female director has the highest grossing film of the year worldwide?

 

The Numbers are insane. 

Frozen in 2013 was female directed and won the worldwide year

 

Not sure Barbie can beat Mario worldwide but domestically if it pulls ahead, I believe it'll be the first time (ever?) the biggest domestic film was female directed

[reddevil19]

3 minutes ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

Could we be looking at the first year where a female director has the highest grossing film of the year worldwide?

 

The Numbers are insane. 

Mario is still a long way away. There's a chance now, of course, but let's get the first 7 days out of the way.

[Brainbug]

2 minutes ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

Could we be looking at the first year where a female director has the highest grossing film of the year worldwide?

 

The Numbers are insane. 

 

I dont know about that. Barbies start is absolutely phenomenal for sure, but catching Marios 1,36B will be very hard.

 

Though not impossible anymore id say! The kind of numbers Barbie is posting + the insane WOM + the fact that even China now has signs of a much bigger than expected run incoming, all of this is very promising. Still, 1,3B is a very lofty goal.

[charlie Jatinder]

hmm. 12 more pages needed. we can do this.

THE LAST JEDI is best Star Wars film.

[Brainbug]

What was the longest weekend thread post-Covid for BOT? Were on page 188 now, is that a (post-pandemic) record for us?

[ZattMurdock]

2 minutes ago, across the Jat verse said:

hmm. 12 more pages needed. we can do this.

THE LAST JEDI is best Star Wars film.

It is, actually. Mandalorian and Andor are the very best of Star Wars though.

Edited July 24, 2023 by ZattMurdock

[reddevil19]

2 minutes ago, across the Jat verse said:

hmm. 12 more pages needed. we can do this.

THE LAST JEDI is best Star Wars film.

No. Rank them all. Only way.

[Brainbug]

3 minutes ago, across the Jat verse said:

hmm. 12 more pages needed. we can do this.

THE LAST JEDI is best Star Wars film.

 

WRONG.

 

The Star Wars Holiday Special is the best Star Wars Film.

[WorkingonaName]

Just now, reddevil19 said:

No. Rank them all. Only way.

5

4

RO

6

7

3

SOLO

8

2

MANDO

1

9

[JustWatching]

58 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

I had to chuckle at the takes that WB will give up on DC because Barbie is such a huge hit when DC makes up most of their all time domestic box office of all time. 

Clearly, the next step is Barbie V Batman.

[WorkingonaName]

2 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

WRONG.

 

The Star Wars Holiday Special is the best Star Wars Film.

Duel of the fates.

[Spidey Freak]

2 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Frozen in 2013 was female directed and won the worldwide year

 

I feel trades need to make a distinction for Greta being the first SOLO woman director to be posting these numbers. Deadline said Barbie has the 2nd highest WW opening for a female director after Captain Marvel's Anna Boden. But Boden was one of that film's two directors. Ditto for Jennifer Lee and Frozen.

 

Being the highest grossing solo female director film is quite noteworthy IMO so not sure why Barbie is being lumped in with films like CM and Frozen that had two directors each to (slightly) underplay Gerwig's achievement.

[BoxOfficeZ]

It's not a real weekend thread till we've had 10 pages discussing the Star Wars sequels for the umpteenth time. 

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, reddevil19 said:

No. Rank them all. Only way.

 

Actual ranking (films) without Irony:

 

01. Empire Strikes Back
02. Revenge of the Sith
03. A New Hope
04. Return of the Jedi
05. Rogue One
06. The Force Awakens

07. The Phantom Menace

08. Solo: A Star Wars Story
09. The Last Jedi
10. Attack of the Clones
11. Rise of Skywalker

[Juby]

It's definitely too early to talk about $600 million for Barbie, Imho. If the movie OW is $162m as Deadline report than with similiar legs to TDK 15 years ago, it would finish with around $545 million. Audience scores on RT and on IMDb are not as overwhelming as Batman's. For now, $500m is the target.

 

Oppenheimer with $82.4m OW = even $325 million domestic is possible. I would say $275-325m for now.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Juby

[Hatebox]

I forgot Lion King opened that big. What an utterly forgettable movie.

 

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Hatebox

[ringedmortality]

The best George Lucas film that released during the 70s is American Graffiti

[Brainbug]

Just now, BoxOfficeZ said:

It's not a real weekend thread till we've had 10 pages discussing the Star Wars sequels for the umpteenth time. 

 

This is all for the greater good though, aka 200 pages.

[Deep Wang]

7 minutes ago, across the Jat verse said:

hmm. 12 more pages needed. we can do this.

THE LAST JEDI is best Star Wars film.

 

Why would something true cause such a ruckus? 

[IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son]

7 minutes ago, across the Jat verse said:

hmm. 12 more pages needed. we can do this.

THE LAST JEDI is best Star Wars film.

@Eric Bainbridge can we relax the SoF posting rules in this thread just for another 12 pages pretty please?