DakonBlackblade said:
Theres more than just that, the marketing campaing and keeping the mistery about the plot worked wonders, but theres also nostalgia and the fact that Eps 1-3 sucked at play, if 1-3 had been great I dont think ppl would have this much craving for a new Star Wars, itd sell super well but I dont think it would be this insane. Also the reviews both professionaly and by viewers and the word of mouth have been generaly favorable wich helpped a lot as well.
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It can outrgross Avatar, its hard but possible, itll likely do 1 billion on USA alone its left for the rest fo the world to do the other 1.5 billion. Right now it seens liek worldwide itll end at 1.2 or so billion (the movie is strong worldwide but not nearly as strong as it is on the USA rigth now), but who knows, it still ahs to open on China, the chinese might go nuts watching it and send it over the 1.5 bil worldwide mark.
Sorry to say, but I doubt the chinese will embrace Star Wars like in the US. Remember, Star Trek didn't cause hysteria so I doubt this will be much different.
It speaks even mopre voliumes to just how amazing Titanic and Avatar did overseas. Truly, truly amazing numbers for films with no established franchise. I think Avatar will be HUGE in china because of its spiritualness and organic fantasy. It seems more chinese accessible as opposed to a space saga which is far more appealing in the US.
Avatar truly has that WORLDWIDE appeal that not even STar Wars can match. I always thought Star Wars, primarily, is a vdery american franchise.
