Shadow1980 said:
Ridiculous by what standard? What are you proposing to use as a norm for a point of comparison? Simply proclaiming that a direct sequel to a movie is doing (relatively) poorly simply because it didn't sell as well as the previous doesn't make it so. Your personal arbitrary goalposts don't count. There are very few sequel comparisons to make with the available data, but it is worth pointing out that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 has had much weaker video sales than the first GotG despite doing slightly better at the box office and having nearly identical critical and audience reactions. It's also worth pointing out (yet again, months later after it had already been discussed to death) that the second entry in previous Star Wars trilogies had a massive drop in lifetime box office returns versus the the first entry. |
That's hardly a comparison, A New Hope had grossed less than Empire Strikes Back after a full year on theaters and only made up the difference on multiple re-releases as it was standard for movies up to the 70's. It indeed happened with the Prequel and Sequel trilogies but a sample of two is a coincidence, not a pattern. Poor reception and declining interest tend to explain those lesser sales much better since we indeed have plenty of examples of this happening across various mediae instead.
