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

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thismeintiel said: 

OG Trilogy

ANH - DBO: $1.28B/FBO: $1.31B/WW: $2.59B
ESB - DBO: $707.4M (-44.7%)/FBO: $837.5M (-36.1%)/WW: $1.54B (-40.5%)
ROTJ - DBO: $726.4M (+2.7%)/FBO: $476.8M (-43.1%)/WW: $1.2B (-22.1%)

Prequel Trilogy

TPM - DBO: $760.9M/FBO: $975.2M/WW: $1.74B
AOTC - DBO: $466.6M (-38.7%)/FBO: $522.9M (-$46.4%)/WW: $989.5M (-43.1%)
ROTS - DBO: $532.1M (+14%)/FBO: $655.6M (+25.4%)/WW: $1.19B (+20.3%)

Disney Trilogy (So Far)

TFA - DBO: $969.8M/FBO: $1.17B/WW: $2.14B
TLJ - DBO: $621.1M (-36%)/FBO: $711.8M (-39.2%)/WW: $1.33B (-37.9%)

 

1.  So, while the percentages obviously increased, it doesn't tell the whole story. 

2. The main point, of course, is that no matter how you look at it, TLJ greatly underperformed. 

1.  And yet the title of your thread includes a percentage that supposedly tells the whole story.  That TLJ made it into the Top Ten instead of fizzling out like BvS kind of ruins your narrative.  

2. Well, given that TLJ has the healthiest drop-off percentage for the middle of a Star Wars trilogy, and that's just looking at your own numbers, it actually over-performed.  The fans have spoken, indeed.

Make all the excuses you want about the amount of time movies had in their theatrical run or the nature of cinema/home video for their times, if you want.  I'll see all those excuses and raise you Empire Strikes Back Special Edition vs A New Hope Special Edition.  Witness how Empire performs on an even playing field.