blackspider Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Avatar did not sell 97 million tickets, not even close. The total is closer to 75m. It's still the 2nd highest attended film since Titanic behind The Phantom Menace which sold around 85m. I've said before that no film will ever sell more tickets in one run than The Phantom Menace ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 How many people live in America + Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Avatar did not sell 97 million tickets, not even close. The total is closer to 75m. It's still the 2nd highest attended film since Titanic behind The Phantom Menace which sold around 85m. I've said before that no film will ever sell more tickets in one run than The Phantom Menace ever again. I agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I agree with this.Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) Avatar did not sell 97 million tickets, not even close. The total is closer to 75m. It's still the 2nd highest attended film since Titanic behind The Phantom Menace which sold around 85m. I've said before that no film will ever sell more tickets in one run than The Phantom Menace ever again. Which is a shame, Phantom Menace was such a horrible movie, still have no idea how it sold 85M tickets,off only 10% from the original series. Edited May 13, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 How many people live in America + Canada?America: 311mCanada: 34m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 How many people live in America + Canada?Roughly 346million or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Which is a shame, Phantom Menace was such a horrible movie, still have no idea how it sold 85M tickets,off only 10% from the original series.It actually sold more tickets than Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi did in their first runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 It actually sold more tickets than Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi did in their first runs.I had no idea that Empire, and Return got re-released. That 85M tickets figure is even more surprising now, crazy, more than 2 superior movies in the series, that were released at a time when more people went to the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I had no idea that Empire, and Return got re-released. That 85M tickets figure is even more surprising now, crazy, more than 2 superior movies in the series, that were released at a time when more people went to the movies. Where are you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 It actually sold more tickets than Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi did in their first runs.Which is shocking, IMO.But Phantom Menace had great WOM when it opened (his legs are the proof). It seems that it didn't stood to the test of time and people start to dislike it (same that is happening to a lot of people with Avatar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 :oWhere are you from?Originally from England, been in Vancouver for the past year now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Which is shocking, IMO.But Phantom Menace had great WOM when it opened (his legs are the proof). It seems that it didn't stood to the test of time and people start to dislike it (same that is happening to a lot of people with Avatar).Not quite old enough to remember, but it got great WOM? I remember seeing it for the first time, and being in total awe but I was really young then, and I thought every movie with explosions was the best thing in the world. But I agree, it hasn't stood the test of time at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Which is shocking, IMO.But Phantom Menace had great WOM when it opened (his legs are the proof). It seems that it didn't stood to the test of time and people start to dislike it (same that is happening to a lot of people with Avatar).It's repeat business was insane. Being the first SW film in 16 years is gonna make that happen, regardless of quality. I think the WOM was good, not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 It's repeat business was insane. Being the first SW film in 16 years is gonna make that happen, regardless of quality. I think the WOM was good, not great.Still, it was way better than it is today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Not since Titanic nope. Pretty much impossible now.And what does that have to do with my post? He said he was waiting for the FIRST film to sell 100 million tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Originally from England, been in Vancouver for the past year now.Oh, okay. Yeah the original trilogy got re-released in '97 for the 20th anniversary of the original. I was only 5 at the time and my dad took me to see them in theaters. I've loved Star Wars ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Which is shocking, IMO.But Phantom Menace had great WOM when it opened (his legs are the proof). It seems that it didn't stood to the test of time and people start to dislike it (same that is happening to a lot of people with Avatar).It had an awful WOM, but it was the first Star Wars movie in years. Everyone hated Jar Jar from the start. I remember like it was yesterday this because it was the first time I went by myself to a movie theater. Edited May 14, 2012 by iJackSparrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Which is a shame, Phantom Menace was such a horrible movie, still have no idea how it sold 85M tickets,off only 10% from the original series.Just imagine if was on the level of Star Wars OTit would been insane box office. No doubt it would beaten Titanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
