MrPressStart
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Easily 3 billion world wide. This movie will break/ shatter every record.... Only to be outdone by Episode 8 and 9.
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The Force Awakens Box Office Prediction
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Baron von Loathsome
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Ray Wonder
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I'm going to watch it like 3-4 times in theater most likely. I've never done that before, so, whatever that means.
WW: 2.79b
WW: 2.79b
Messypandas
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JimmyRustler
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I don't think that money was the issue at all for Lucas. He must have had more than enough already.
I assume he just wanted to know his legacy in save hands and Disney was probably the best he could have gotten in that sense.
Jeffolation
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I can see it doing the first avengers style numbers domestically. Maybe tack on a few 100 million internationally. I'd be a little surprised to see it break 2B WW.
BattleMonkey
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With tix selling out everywhere already theaters are going to keep allocating more screens to it till Dec, and the hype and news spreading on social media about sell outs is going to prompt even more to rush out and buy. This is going to break records before it even opens
The amount of fanboys worldwide must be ginormous or yea that's BS. Entire first weekend is selling out all over months in advance, no movie has done that. It's more than just some pocket of fandom
The amount of fanboys worldwide must be ginormous or yea that's BS. Entire first weekend is selling out all over months in advance, no movie has done that. It's more than just some pocket of fandom
Vestal
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You should look up the Starwars pre order thread. MovieTickets, Fandango and every major Theater site were completely hammered all freaking night.
Discotheque
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I don't think it will beat opening weekend records but it will end up the biggest movie of the year
If anything is beating titanic in the next couple years it's this movie
If anything is beating titanic in the next couple years it's this movie
Vestal
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yup Imax.. Most theaters are doing all screens all Thursday and Friday for this.. Theater I got tickets to had a showing starting every 10-20minutes.
WW 2.8 Billion
I say it will reach Avatar. It will be a little above it or a little below it.
I never saw marketing like this for Avatar. I work at a grocery supermarket and I'm amazed at all the food products with star wars on them.
If the movie is good, then it will surpass Avatar numbers. If the movie is bad it will fall just below avatar numbers. But this marketing is huge man.
I say it will reach Avatar. It will be a little above it or a little below it.
I never saw marketing like this for Avatar. I work at a grocery supermarket and I'm amazed at all the food products with star wars on them.
If the movie is good, then it will surpass Avatar numbers. If the movie is bad it will fall just below avatar numbers. But this marketing is huge man.
JimmyRustler
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No one is questioning that this movie will hit like a bomb. The question is if it'll have legs - and that depends largly on it that people are willing to watch it more than once in cinema.
Fudgepuppy
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If the movie is amazing with good word of mouth, 2bill.
Opening weekend: 255mil.
Opening weekend: 255mil.
That thread sure was funny.
Opening Weekend: $125M
Opening Weekend WW: $550M ($125M Domestic, $425M International)
Total Domestic: $800M
Total Worldwide: $2B
December openings don't blow things up out of the gate, though I still think it'll do better than any other December opening (current #1 is The Hobbit at $84M). But I think it'll have legs like nobody's business.
Opening Weekend WW: $550M ($125M Domestic, $425M International)
Total Domestic: $800M
Total Worldwide: $2B
December openings don't blow things up out of the gate, though I still think it'll do better than any other December opening (current #1 is The Hobbit at $84M). But I think it'll have legs like nobody's business.
Vestal
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My response was directly in regards to OW
vinnygambini
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The film should gross between Jurassic World's worldwide gross, to Titanic's.
Avatar is simply not achievable with today's exchange rates.
Avatar is simply not achievable with today's exchange rates.
ryutaro's mama
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It will be the biggest grossing movie of all time.
Pagusas
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what is the reason for it not being able to generate 200m+ In december? What about that month prevents it? Kids are on winter break, college is out. I'd imagine most people arent travelling yet. Weather is the only thing I can think of hindering it.
This isnt any regular film, this is much bigger and a way larger part of society, easily 2x's larger audiance than LOTR/Hobbit.
This isnt any regular film, this is much bigger and a way larger part of society, easily 2x's larger audiance than LOTR/Hobbit.
Lack of disposable income due to the holidays?
ryutaro's mama
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This is actually backed up by anecdotal data. I was on most sites this morning, just to see what had sold and yep, Thursday and Friday, sold out most places but from mid Saturday on, you can still get yer tickets today, no problem.
See for yourselves.
Can Crusher
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I will be extremely surprised to see it cross 2B let alone reach/surprass Avatar. Some of the predictions just sound insane to me.
Why? Avatar also released on December 18, so it's actually the same time frame, it has the 3D markup and it's in IMAX.
Of course, a lot depends on the reviews. If it ends up with the reception of the prequels, it'll make ok money, but nothing ground-breaking.
perfectchaos007
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OW: $248,866,490
WW OW: $634,390,000
DOM: $850,415,475
OS: $2,966,237,500
WW: $3,816,652,975
WW OW: $634,390,000
DOM: $850,415,475
OS: $2,966,237,500
WW: $3,816,652,975
Baron von Loathsome
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Star Wars isn't even as good as Jurassic Park series internationally.
Avatar didn't have a 200 million + opening weekend like these crazy predictions.
Jawmuncher
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If this doesn't get the opening record, I can't wait to see the reactions in that thread.
Baron von Loathsome
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True, but Avatar isn't Star Wars.
ryutaro's mama
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Go back and look at Avatar's run. Also, this isn't the first time a big event movie has released in December.
LOTR and Titanic released there too. What will matter is the legs SW gets. Repeat viewings is how you get to an insane number like $2.7 billion dollars.
Meaning it is more frontloaded than AHBUHDAR was.
And December isn't June.
Baron von Loathsome
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And yet the highest-grossing film of all time, not adjusted for inflation, was a December release.
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about these 300 million OW projections based on nothing but fantasy.
ViewtifulJC
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and it didn't break the OW record to do it
you'll see where we're going with this, yes?
ryutaro's mama
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Do you expect SW to have the legs AHBUHDAR had? Y/N?
vainglorious
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Opening Weekend won't beat Jurassic World. It opens the last weekend before Christmas. People will be shopping and getting ready for the holiday that weekend.
Not really?
Jurassic Park and Jurassic World exceeds all the prequels (with JP just barely edging out Phantom Menance), but Lost World and Jurassic Park 3 both get killed by them.
It's more of a tossup, with Jurassic World skewing things.
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