ViewtifulJC
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You can't compare the overseas market of 2005 to 2015, it was not reasonably developed as compared to today. The overseas market is vastly larger today than it was in 2005. Night and day difference in terms of overseas box office gross compared to 10 years ago.
China is not the only one to grow in 10 years, at all.
We have post and pre Avatar WW box office trends. You can't compare overseas gross of movies from 10 years ago, the market is dramatically different today in size.
The thing is, Star Wars has never been big overseas. Even at the time of their releases, Episode 1 made less than half of Titanic made overseas, and fell behind Jurassic Park and Independence Day, despite years of ticket inflation on its side. In 2005, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire made much more overseas than Revenge of the Sith managed.
So even though the overseas market has expanded since then, that doesn't necessarily mean Star Wars appeal has in the ten years of nothing since the last one. Thats why making any overseas predictions based on "ITS FREAKIN' STAR WARS MY PARENTS WILL SEE THIS" is a bit silly, since its just not the pop culture phenomenon it is in America.