The Fans Have Spoken, Last Jedi Drops A Massive 68%

[thismeintiel]

Soundwave said:

thismeintiel said:

If you leave totals unadjusted. If you actually adjust them for ticket price inflation, then it's below the OG trilogy and probably Ep 1 (haven't done the math, yet.) Of course, none of those films benefited from the huge expansion to both the domestic and foreign markets we have seen in the last decade or so, both in population and availability. 

Either way, it's looking to finish ~$740M+ and ~36%+ down from TFA. That is a horrible result. Especially when even after the drop they were expecting to be ~$400M and ~23% down. 

35% down is fairly reasonable. Same as Empire and Attack of the Bad Writing. 

$936 domestic for TFA is ridiculous. It's a solid movie but it didn't deserve that number. That's just pent up nostalgia and demand because a lot of Star Wars fans felt like the prequels weren't "real" Star Wars on top of a 10 year build up. The hype of it being a "return" to the original Star Wars style sent ticket sales through the roof. 

936 won't be beaten for a long time. Don't see Avengers Infinity War doing it nor Avatar 2. 

That's not reasonable. That's awful. And ESB was 26% down WW, with other things working against it. It still did $1.5B adjusted. Something this won't reach, even with expanded markets.