News Round Up 2019

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The Pho said:
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Skywalker earning about $179 million for domestic opening weekend. 3rd best December opening, behind Last Jedi’s $220 million and Force Awakens $248 million.

$374 million worldwide.

https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-w...weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/
https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-w...a-global-international-box-office-1202814799/
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I'm not sure how happy Disney is with the numbers - but I bet they are glad it's not doing "Solo" numbers.
 
skier_pete said:
I'm not sure how happy Disney is with the numbers - but I bet they are glad it's not doing "Solo" numbers.
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It’s an interesting performance, $1 billion isn’t a certainty anymore, which seems crazy for the film billed as the end of the saga. I can’t imagine Disney is overly pleased, even though they’ll still make a good chunk. Very interested to see how the drop next weekend plays out, it’ll give us the real readout of the word of mouth.
 
The Pho said:
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Skywalker earning about $179 million for domestic opening weekend. 3rd best December opening, behind Last Jedi’s $220 million and Force Awakens $248 million.

$374 million worldwide.

https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-w...weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/
https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-w...a-global-international-box-office-1202814799/
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Disney can't be happy with that - all projections I saw out it between $200m and $250m.

Does seem less me word of mouth is generally better than critic reviews so maybe it has some more staying power. Will be interesting to see how it does over the holidays.

I see very, very few movies more than once in the theater and I want to see this one again (and I have heard similar from others)

I do agree with @skier_pete that they are at least breathing a sigh of relief they aren't "Solo numbers"
 
TheMaxRebo said:
Disney can't be happy with that - all projections I saw out it between $200m and $250m.

Does seem less me word of mouth is generally better than critic reviews so maybe it has some more staying power. Will be interesting to see how it does over the holidays.

I see very, very few movies more than once in the theater and I want to see this one again (and I have heard similar from others)

I do agree with @skier_pete that they are at least breathing a sigh of relief they aren't "Solo numbers"
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But this movie cost a lot more to make than Solo, in both production and marketing.
 
TheMaxRebo said:
Disney can't be happy with that - all projections I saw out it between $200m and $250m.

Does seem less me word of mouth is generally better than critic reviews so maybe it has some more staying power. Will be interesting to see how it does over the holidays.

I see very, very few movies more than once in the theater and I want to see this one again (and I have heard similar from others)

I do agree with @skier_pete that they are at least breathing a sigh of relief they aren't "Solo numbers"
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I went a second time yesterday and theater was less than half full. The Mandalorian seems to have more buzz around it than RoS did.
 
TheMaxRebo said:
Disney can't be happy with that - all projections I saw out it between $200m and $250m.

Does seem less me word of mouth is generally better than critic reviews so maybe it has some more staying power. Will be interesting to see how it does over the holidays.

I see very, very few movies more than once in the theater and I want to see this one again (and I have heard similar from others)

I do agree with @skier_pete that they are at least breathing a sigh of relief they aren't "Solo numbers"
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Yeah, I think this will have longer legs than TLJ. I can't even tell you the last time I saw a movie twice in the theater (Maybe the movie Evolution in 2001). But I'm probably going to again tonight.
 
TomServo27 said:
I went a second time yesterday and theater was less than half full. The Mandalorian seems to have more buzz around it than RoS did.
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Just did quick look at a local theater and except for the showings before 11AM or after midnight the theater is almost full. Most of the front row open with the occasional single open seat in the rest for the next three days.
 
RAD said:
Just did quick look at a local theater and except for the showings before 11AM or after midnight the theater is almost full. Most of the front row open with the occasional single open seat in the rest for the next three days.
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I have heard a lot of people say that they were going to wait to go until this week because of the Christmas break. I think a lot of casual fans were probably planning on already going that week to miss opening weekend crowds but I’m sure positive word of mouth after the negative critic reviews will boost it too.
 
RAD said:
Just did quick look at a local theater and except for the showings before 11AM or after midnight the theater is almost full. Most of the front row open with the occasional single open seat in the rest for the next three days.
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I was really surprised how few people were there. I hope it does well I always want Star Wars movies to do well.
 
We're see Star Wars on Christmas like we have been seeing movies that come out around this time of year (though we have also done Christmas Eve too)

Smaller showings or Dine-In had mostly full thought the metro for AMC. Our showing has a ton available. But it's just the normal showing in a very large theater. That said it will fill up just probably not until Christmas Eve or actually on Christmas. It's almost always that way that Chrismas and Christmas Eve movie showings are packed. I'm not necessarily sure that's because people are dying to see a specific movie versus just going to the movies on Christmas.
 
I saw RoS again tonight. First time was in a Dolby Theater, second time at an "AMC Classic" in my in-laws city. The extra $5 for Dolby is so worth it. It's like the difference in watching with an amazing home theater system vs TV speakers. Didn't help that it looked like the screen had been cleaned with a wire brush over the whole thing.

It did hold up to the second viewing. Still really enjoyed it.
 
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I'm just one person, but I didn't feel the need to rush out on opening weekend for this one, and I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan (and LOVED Last Jedi) but honestly JJ Abhrams taking the reigns actually lowered my enthusiam. (He's a very good film-maker that has a hard time sticking the landings on stories.) We'll see it this weekend.

My take on it is that Disney will be slightly disappointed, but I think they were already very concerned with what to do with Star Wars going forward. The Mandalorian aside, the fact that they are holding cinematic Star Wars movies until at least 2022 says something about that they are not sure what to do next with it. I won't say they will be disappointed if it makes it to one billion dollars, but they need to figure out the future. My thought is they may go to "lower" budget Star Wars movies for a bit. The reason is that Mandalorian if you look at it is a not big budget spectacle except for a few scenes, yet it has struck a chord with fans that the movies have mostly failed to do.
 
skier_pete said:
I'm just one person, but I didn't feel the need to rush out on opening weekend for this one, and I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan (and LOVED Last Jedi) but honestly JJ Abhrams taking the reigns actually lowered my enthusiam. (He's a very good film-maker that has a hard time sticking the landings on stories.) We'll see it this weekend.

My take on it is that Disney will be slightly disappointed, but I think they were already very concerned with what to do with Star Wars going forward. The Mandalorian aside, the fact that they are holding cinematic Star Wars movies until at least 2022 says something about that they are not sure what to do next with it. I won't say they will be disappointed if it makes it to one billion dollars, but they need to figure out the future. My thought is they may go to "lower" budget Star Wars movies for a bit. The reason is that Mandalorian if you look at it is a not big budget spectacle except for a few scenes, yet it has struck a chord with fans that the movies have mostly failed to do.
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You mean a good story is as important as all the CGI effects? I am not sure if such a revolutionary idea can be had. Big Epic battles are great on a screen but character depth and story is much more important to get massive buy in.
 
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