ArchangelMadzz said:
Soundwave said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
There are only so many nerds and kids that want to see the movie. A movie like avatar transcended genre and age appeal which is why it won't be caught. Some people hear 'star war's and don't want to touch it and the fact it's episode 7 means if they do they feel they won't know anything. Avatar was a pretty new IP. |
Star Wars appeals to wide demographics, always has. Star Trek is more for "nerds" if you want to put it that way and you can see its box office has always been waaaaay below Star Wars.
Like I said with the currency situation as it was in 2009/10, The Force Awakens is more like at $2.2-$2.3 billion ... not quite at Avatar, but that gap shrinks considerably.
And yes this is the SEVENTH Star Wars movie and yet it's doing this kind of business. You think anyone would give a rats ass about Avatar 7 when the franchise is 40 years old? I doubt it.
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Probably not, good thing that has nothing to do with the conversation.
It has a wider appeal than Star Trek, box office numbers prove that. But as I said there are lots of people that see 'Star wars' and don't want to go near it, OR people that want to get into it but feel they'd be lost with it being episode 7.
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I think you're underselling Star Wars, you don't get massive box office like this without tremendously wide appeal.
When I saw it again a couple of weeks ago in the afternoon, there were like 6 or 7 senior couples watching it. There were kids. There was a 40 something woman in front of me with her elderly mother. It's not just one demographic.
Star Wars is really more fairy tale/epic myth than it is science fiction, that's why it appeals very broadly across the board.
