Release dates (clash) will affect the gross, don't act short sighted unless that was your original intention.
Erm, JJ didn't get his wish for a 6 month delay. If he had, it would have released May 2016.
They originally wanted it as a Summer 2015 film, but after Abrams wanted to change the script, they pushed for a full year delay to 2016. That was denied, and the compromise was a 6 month delay to a Dec 2016 release.
They originally wanted it as a Summer 2015 film, but after Abrams wanted to change the script, they pushed for a full year delay to 2016. That was denied, and the compromise was a 6 month delay to a Dec 2016 release.
Disney seems to think people will care enough about Avatar 2 to spend $500M building a Pandora attraction in Animal Kingdom that will launch the same year as the sequel.
I do think that it is a question of whether Avatar 2 will have the same effect in China though. I mean on one hand we know they love blockbusters, so it'll do fine, but I'm not really convinced that there's some specific intimate love for the Avatar franchise brand in particular in China. It was just a huge blockbuster which they could relate to, and probably the first one of that scale in this new generation. There's no telling if they will have moved on by the next movie, or if the next movie's visuals and themes might not resonate on the same level. We know so little about Avatar 2 it's hard to even guess imo.
Disney seems to think people will care enough about Avatar 2 to spend $500M building a Pandora attraction in Animal Kingdom that will launch the same year as the sequel.
Gotta make back that money they burned on freaking Tomorrowland!
It's going to take a rewatch for me to decide, but I'm not sure whether I enjoy Tomorrowland more than TFA.
I can say that I'm glad Disney made it.
So will SW go over or under Furious 7's overseas haul?
I think Avatar's 2 box-office potential is quite high and could very well be among the highest grossing films of the country when launched. The name James Cameron equates to quality and I think the Titanic gross in China demonstrates as such (it helps that its a beloved film too). I mean James Cameron is personally taking charge of the 3D conversion for T2 specifically geared for the Chinese market. Its all about building up the name until Avatar 2 launches. A box office gross that exceeds T4 is a foregone conclusion on my part, but hey I may be wrong and Avatar 2 is shit.
Disney seems to think people will care enough about Avatar 2 to spend $500M building a Pandora attraction in Animal Kingdom that will launch the same year as the sequel.
If Furious 7 beats Star Wars I will build a loop ramp in my backyard, put a Darth Vader standee at the end of it, then run him down in my car
They are also sinking a lot of money building a Tron attraction at Shanghai Disneyland as well. I don't think their theme park decisions should play too much into their box office predictions. The failure of the Tomorrowland movie won't stop them from dumping a lot of money into all the Tomorrowland attractions.
Will there be a Youtube video?
They aren't building John Carterland.
They are also sinking a lot of money building a Tron attraction at Shanghai Disneyland as well. I don't think their theme park decisions should play too much into their box office predictions. The failure of the Tomorrowland movie won't stop them from dumping a lot of money into all the Tomorrowland attractions.
If Furious 7 beats Star Wars I will build a loop ramp in my backyard, put a Darth Vader standee at the end of it, then run him down in my car
Bob Iger wouldn't have shelled out $500 million if he didn't believe in the box office potential of the sequels and Cameron's vision.
Edit: Isn't Tomorrowland a theme park area and not a ride too?
Internationally or total world wide?
Tron is an IP that Disney owns outright. $ generated from product sales and licenses go directly in their pockets.
They didn't have the same restrictions on foreign releases back then. The first Avatar played for 3 months (more?). And back then there was an import quota that only allowed 20 foreign movies per year. After they were sued in the WTO, China nearly doubled the foreign movies allowed in, but now they take other measures to ensure domestic movies do better.
Now, foreign movies can only play for 4 weeks, and they now blackout months in December and February where foreign movies cannot play.
Total worldwide because there's no way that happens.
I REALLY don't want to build that ramp.
Well he thought John Carter and Tomorrowland had enough box office potential to shell out $500 million combined for them.
THR and Deadline reporting 50-55M Thursday preview for TFA (could climb to 60M). I have no clue if they are just throwing a number out there that sounds good or they have some actual data.
so..would that be good?
so..would that be good?
Wow, really?THR and Deadline reporting 50-55M Thursday preview for TFA (could climb to 60M). I have no clue if they are just throwing a number out there that sounds good or they have some actual data.
I can't wait to see what the excuses become when Avatar 2 out grosses TFA/Ep8.
Rentraks PostTrak currently reveals the following audience breakdown (which they monitor throughout the weekend): Force Awakens is largely drawing older males at 71% guys, 53% over 25. A majority of the audience at 94% are grading the J.J. Abrams film either excellent or very good, which is a remarkable score rarely seen on PostTrak. Close to half of the audience say they attended Force Awakens because its part of a franchise they love. More than half the audience polled say that Force Awakens exceeded their expectations.
Impossible to know yet. Over 1/3 of Furious 7's foreign total was China. I think that Star Wars will top Furious 7 outside of China.
Transformers 4 was shit. China doesn't care.
Those demos, eek. No wonder I don't care about this film.
71% dudes haha oh man.
That should normalize over the weekend though. Only hardcore fans were there last night.
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' achieves biggest ever day at UK box office with estimated $14.33m
Beats Phantom Menace's opening weekend in the UK!
I can't wait to see what the excuses become when Avatar 2 out grosses TFA/Ep8.
We all know that you are waiting for that, we see your saltiness in every blockbuster thread b
You're an odd fella, SculliI can't wait to see what the excuses become when Avatar 2 out grosses TFA/Ep8.
I can't wait to see what the excuses become when Avatar 2 out grosses TFA/Ep8.
A sad one.You're an odd fella, Sculli
dayummmmliterally counting down the days on your calendar, aint ya. Whenever you're feeling down, "*sigh* only 628 more days until Avatar 2 makes a lot of money..."