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numberwang on 08 June 2018

It never ends...

The Last Jedi Blu Ray Sales Drop to 56% of The Force Awakens

 

Further evidence that The Last Jedi sadly did turn off about half the audience, the-numbers.com is now reporting the launch week sales of The Last Jedi and... it's not good. Whereas The Force Awakens sold 3,420,540 units in its first week of release, The Last Jedi only sold 1,940,241 units. In raw monetary terms, the Last Jedi brought in over $40,000,000 less revenue in its first week of Blu Ray sales.



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thismeintiel on 08 June 2018
numberwang said:

It never ends...

The Last Jedi Blu Ray Sales Drop to 56% of The Force Awakens

 

Further evidence that The Last Jedi sadly did turn off about half the audience, the-numbers.com is now reporting the launch week sales of The Last Jedi and... it's not good. Whereas The Force Awakens sold 3,420,540 units in its first week of release, The Last Jedi only sold 1,940,241 units. In raw monetary terms, the Last Jedi brought in over $40,000,000 less revenue in its first week of Blu Ray sales.

Quite the drop. Wouldn't be surprised if total sales end up being around 50%. Maybe lower. 



 

Azuren on 08 June 2018
Soundwave said:
Sounds like the early buzz from advance screenings of Solo: A Star Wars Story are very positive, ruh roh, Star Wars not dead yet? lol.

Ruh roh, sounds like someone should check again.



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lightningfunk on 09 June 2018

it was a good movie

but could have been better by STAR WARS standards



OTBWY on 09 June 2018

I am sad to say. Star Wars as a franchise.. is dying. They've actually done it. Look at the last film. And the toys. And the games. People are losing interest.



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Azuren on 10 June 2018
Shadow1980 said:
numberwang said:

It never ends...

The Last Jedi Blu Ray Sales Drop to 56% of The Force Awakens

 

Further evidence that The Last Jedi sadly did turn off about half the audience, the-numbers.com is now reporting the launch week sales of The Last Jedi and... it's not good. Whereas The Force Awakens sold 3,420,540 units in its first week of release, The Last Jedi only sold 1,940,241 units. In raw monetary terms, the Last Jedi brought in over $40,000,000 less revenue in its first week of Blu Ray sales.

And the first reply to the post:

"Yet it sold better in its first week than Rogue One did according to this site. And that seemed like it was really well received by fans. Is it not possible that TFA was a mega-event due to it being the first Star Wars film in a decade?"

Seems reasonable to me. Domestically, TFA was the highest-grossing movie by far of the past 20 years, fifth highest-grossing of the "blockbuster era" of cinema (1975 - present), and is the the fourth best-selling Blu-ray ever so far. But by all means, let's continue to use that as our bar for success. And why not apply that logic to everything? We could argue that the PS4 is still a failure because it won't sell nearly as well as the PS2, for example.
 

The difference is Rogue One was a side story. The Last Jedi was a numbered Episode. A 50%+ drop from one episode to the next is ridiculous.



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Maxosaurus-rex on 10 June 2018
Azuren said:
Shadow1980 said:

And the first reply to the post:

"Yet it sold better in its first week than Rogue One did according to this site. And that seemed like it was really well received by fans. Is it not possible that TFA was a mega-event due to it being the first Star Wars film in a decade?"

Seems reasonable to me. Domestically, TFA was the highest-grossing movie by far of the past 20 years, fifth highest-grossing of the "blockbuster era" of cinema (1975 - present), and is the the fourth best-selling Blu-ray ever so far. But by all means, let's continue to use that as our bar for success. And why not apply that logic to everything? We could argue that the PS4 is still a failure because it won't sell nearly as well as the PS2, for example.
 

The difference is Rogue One was a side story. The Last Jedi was a numbered Episode. A 50%+ drop from one episode to the next is ridiculous.

Rogue one is also on Netflix. Which, doesn't explain first week but its legs won't be something to compare. The announcement was made a couple months after it's dvd launch 



Nem on 10 June 2018
Soundwave said:
Sounds like the early buzz from advance screenings of Solo: A Star Wars Story are very positive, ruh roh, Star Wars not dead yet? lol.

 

I guess you regret that comment now. xD

Nem on 10 June 2018
OTBWY said:
I am sad to say. Star Wars as a franchise.. is dying. They've actually done it. Look at the last film. And the toys. And the games. People are losing interest.

 

As much as it sadden me, that is indeed the case. As i said before, this damage is irrecoverable without trashing the new trilogy. They have to remove it from canon and call it an what-if story. Have Hammil narrate it in the last one. Call it a story that would've happened if they hadn't acted. Make new movies with new actors for Han, luke and Leia and continue where episode 6 left off or close. Don't reject what is established embrace it. Jedi are cool and the soul of the franchise. That tree burning with Yoda was the most idiot thing ever done to the franchise and Kathleen really needs to take responsibility for her calous disregard of the franchise. Also, can we get rid of JJ aswell? He is better used making Star trek. Last edited by Nem - on 10 June 2018

OTBWY on 10 June 2018
Nem said:
OTBWY said:
I am sad to say. Star Wars as a franchise.. is dying. They've actually done it. Look at the last film. And the toys. And the games. People are losing interest.

 

As much as it sadden me, that is indeed the case. As i said before, this damage is recoverable without trashing the new trilogy. They have to remove it from canon and call it an what-if story. Have Hammil narrate it in the last one. Call it a story that would've happened if they hadn't acted. Make new movies with new actors for Han, luke and Leia and continue where episode 6 left off or close. Don't reject what is established embrace it. Jedi are cool and the soul of the franchise. That tree burning with Yoda was the most idiot thing ever done to the franchise and Kathleen really needs to take responsibility for her calous disregard of the franchise. Also, can we get rid of JJ aswell? He is better used making Star trek.

Indeed. I did not like the way they handled the Jedi. I don't want the nonsense of Jedi being morally grey. Jedi are the good guys. Sith are the bad guys. Give me that classic dynamic.