Phantom Menace couldn't even crack $600 mil OS.

You. Are. Insane.

There is a 0% chance this cracks $2 bil OS. And only a 50% chance this cracks $1 bil OS.

It's as if you completely forgot about how box office works.

Why on EARTH would this increase 100% over ROTS?

That makes NO sense.

If only 30% of the 59 million people that saw made ROTS see it in 3D, it would be at 710 million. Add in the most hyped film of all time most likely, 760 million is more on the possible side of predictions.

I would venture to say that Star Wars 7 is the stand-alone most anticipated film of all time. It's potential existence has been hinted at and built up to for like 30 years now.

In a way yes. Phantom Menace has so far been the most anticipated of all time - but we are talking sequel vs prequel so it may very well be the most anticipated - unless the prequels dampened the demand.

In a way yes. Phantom Menace has so far been the most anticipated of all time - but we are talking sequel vs prequel so it may very well be the most anticipated - unless the prequels dampened the demand.

I'm taking it that you're in, Magnus

Team Force baby

While I am not in any of the teams right now, I see that I have joined Team Blue so let me just join in officially

Team Blue

Count one more

Team Force FTW!

Team Blue Harvest.

I'll join Team Force. As big a fan as I am of Avatar, I think it's success was a perfect storm of things coming together. I don't think the sequel will be as successful domestically. Star Wars just has a massive audience to tap into. Nearly all the fans of the original trilogy will come to this even if they didn't like the prequels. Plus, the prequels added a huge younger family audience that will come out too. It's going to be huge.

It'll be interesting who they cast as the younger force users. I read this snippet from an article somewhere...

"Just a few weeks ago a casting breakdown was released that revealed that the project was searching for young actors. The announcement identified seven key roles, including a young man in his early-to-mid 20s, two young females who both have to be physically fit and an older man in his 70s."

Two physically fit young females, a young man low-mid 20's, and a man in his 70's. Who would you cast in those roles?

I really don't want to turn against SW... but Magnus might force my hand.

I don't want to be on your team.

Team Blue has this in the bag

Ep 7 - 230m|670m

Ep 8 - 240m|625m

Ep 9 - 295m|740m

Total: 2,035b

Avatanic2 - 145m|750m

Avatanic3 - 150m|700m

Avatanic4 - 200m|705m

Total: 2,155b

$300m OW lol

summer 2019 is 6 years away...by 2017 we'd already have a 250m OW at the least.

2002 100m OW Spidey 1
2007 150m OW Spidey 3
2012 200m OW Avengers
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2019 300m OW SW9

LOL it could happen

Noo!!! Unless there is another convincing means of increasing the ticket prices like 3D. I don't think people will be interested to pay increased ticket price so very soon. $300m OW is not happening in 2019, even if you take the 5 year rule then $300m will happen only in 2022.

295m is not 300m

he he true....but its not getting to $295m as well

it's getting closer...

Domestically? In.


We don't have official release dates for Episode VIII or IX. It's assumed they'll come out in December. The Mouse House is likely trying to gauge where Cameron is with his sequels (also aiming for December release dates).

Why would SW sequels increase nearly double from some of the previous movies? I can already see WWW threads when Ep. VII opens to somethibg like $150-180m and people start hitting the panic button. Jeez.

J.J. Abrams vs. James Cameron? lol, I know who my money is on.

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