| thismeintiel said: 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. |
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?
