That's probably because many people want to buy the blu ray copy so they can pull out scenes from it and post on youtube where they are shitting on this piece of crap movie. xD

P.S . TFA and TLJ are the worst sw movies i can't stand them ! I actually loved TFA when it came out but the illusion of it being good and simply 'not being the prequels' quickly wore off with every time i watched it again.. it's so awful and cringy.

Disney killed Star Wars and that is that gentleman.

Nice to see Coco so high, I love that movie.
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"Considering the history of Star Wars at the international box office, it's hard to hold those numbers against TLJ. "

I thought Star Wars was the big deal in most 1st world countries. 

What's really baffling is that when the first two prequels were still big box-office hits despite their less-than-stellar receptions, the fan reaction was basically "meh, it's Star Wars, people are still gonna see it even if it sucks." Yet now, certain people seem so determined to believe that The Last Jedi was some kind of huge failure, as if the very notion of it being a box-office success is somehow incredibly offensive to them.

Heck, even if it had somehow managed to match what The Force Awakens made at the box-office, I suspect people would be pointing to the likes of Star Trek Into Darkness and most of the MCU sequels as proof that it should have made more than what the first film did, and claimed it to be a failure for that reason.

It's weird how someone does all of these graphs and research, yet you still choose to stay completely ignorant to facts.  Yes, the industry was in a HUGE swing  going into the 80's.  Going from a time when movies were slow burns that stayed in the theater for over a year, to having huge openings and being gone within a few months.

For Christ's sake, ANH opened with just $8.5M, and that's adjusted for ticket price inflation.  That would be a pathetic opening for pretty much any film today, especially a blockbuster.  ESB opened with what would be the equivalent of $25M today.  Definitely better, but still a flop for a big blockbuster film.  Add in the fact that movies weren't staying in theaters longer than a year anymore, and the better opening didn't help it much.  Now, look at ROTJ.  It opened with $99.1M, adjusted, back in 1983, just 3 years after ESB.  Even today, 35 years later, that's a great freaking opening for a mid-range blockbuster.  Hell, that's actually what JL was expected to open with.  Now, please explain away those numbers, numbers guy.  No change in the industry?  Please.

Honestly, I think the Star Wars franchise has an advantage over media sales due to collectability.  I know friends that hated the prequels yet bought them to complete their Star Wars collections.  

Disney dominates the top 5, I wonder what Infinity War will look like.

Do we know the market share blu ray has vs dvd? In general

Sooo... how does any of that explain your claim that The Empire Strikes Back dropping by the same amount versus A New Hope that Attack of the Clones and The Last Jedi did over their own immediate prequels is just a massive coincidence?

It's funny how we are on a sales website, yet people are making conclusions without looking at any data.

4 months after release TFA had sold 2 million more copies, and that is only in the USA. The article in the thread doesn't state if the reported 3 million figure is only in the USA but if we consider that, it is 40 percent decrease.

So no mate Star Wars is on decline.