Solo Headed To Become A Flop? Yep, It Flopped.

[thismeintiel]

NightlyPoe said:

thismeintiel said:

They're all definitely shocked. They thought brand power would have given them the largest launch for Memorial Day Weekend, which would have been a good headline to point to when the people who didn't like it or were boycotting were pointing to it being the smallest opening for a SW film. However, they didn't even come close. 

They're also shocked to find out that the vast majority of people don't think exactly like they do, either about the films or their politics. So now they are reaching for any excuse to explain away the poor BO results. Half the world/fans must be bigots and/or the film wasn't diverse enough are the two very poor reasons, which also clash with one another, many seem to have finalized on. Denial is an ugly thing. 

It really is all about the narrative with you.  In the end, Solo is going to do about 2/3 of Rogue One.  Are you really so monomaniacal that you believe that close to 2/3 of the Star Wars audience is boycotting?  That includes like 75% of the foreign audience that don't even share our politics.

Even a massively publicized controversy like the NFL kneeling stuff, which spawned hundreds of hours of news coverage, was stoked by Trump himself, and actively offended many Americans on a patriotic level, only saw a 10% audience decrease.  The Star Wars complaints?  Mostly confined to the internet among people who already agree with one another.

You're never going to make a compelling argument that your preferred narrative can account for more than a fraction of the drop in box office.  There aren't enough people who agree with you to even come close to account for this performance.  It's not excuse, or denials, it's common sense.  There's more going on here.

And your folly is thinking that no one outside the US can agree with "our politics."  There are people of all political bents across the world.  Just accept it. 

As for the kneeling, it must have had more of an impact than that if the NFL is now outright saying they will no longer allow it.  The drop in audience and merch sales must have been enough that they feared what would happen if they continued to allow it to happen.  The thing is the NFL is a BIG part of people's lives.  Many weren't just going to drop it, even if it the disliked the kneeling.  The fact that 10% just left is pretty shocking.  And the NFL knew more would leave this year if they allowed it to continue.

But, hey, you can continue to think the SJWs make up the vast majority of the US/world if that helps.  And ignore that even self-described Liberals are pissed that this stuff is being forced into SW.

Last edited by thismeintiel - on 03 June 2018