NightlyPoe said:
$100 million over a 4-day weekend really isn't a terrible figure for a side movie project. Expectations may be higher, but perhaps expectations were unreasonable. If we stipulate a $250 million domestic run, that might make Disney sigh and fuel some internet hate, but it's realistically around the level of a mid-tier Marvel release. And we'd never say the MCU was in trouble. No, it's the international figure of only $65 million with only Japan left to open that is eye-popping. Star Wars has, indeed, relied on domestic more than most movies. However, it has never performed poorly internationally. It just isn't up there as a phenomenon like it is here. I would have expected the international box office to behave like a regular 'sploions heavy movie and soak in a few hundred million with ease. But it's not doing that. I don't think it's going to make as much internationally as silly nothing movies like Tomb Raider, Maze Runner, Pacific Rim, or Rampage. We can talk about our silly domestic concerns about political agendas and such, but that has little to do with how the international figure happened. And I guarantee you, it's the international figures that are causing fingers to reach for the panic button at Disney. |
You do realize not everyone is on the Left outside of the US, right? There are people who disagree with Kathleen Kennedy's agenda in other countries, as well. And probably a few more who may agree, but hate that stuff being shoehorned into the SW universe.
And $100M is piss poor for a SW movie starring one of its most popular characters. Especially when the last spinoff did $172.7M+ in the first 4 days, without a popular character being the main focus. Same goes for a $250M total DBO take. This film needs $500M just to break even on the production budget. Probably $700M when you include the marketing budget.
