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re: 'Solo' Box Office Watch
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:03 am to DelU249
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:03 am to DelU249
I'm just going to say that I'm not watching this movie because TLJ sucked and ruined what we know about Star Wars. I'm going to do the same with 9 and read spoilers and decide then if I want to see it. Solo's story just doesn't intrigue me enough to pay money to go see it.
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Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:08 am to Smoke7024
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Solo's story just doesn't intrigue me enough to pay money to go see it
This is where I'm at too. I'll see it when it hits the streaming services, but I not paying theater prices to see it.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:14 am to Smoke7024
It's not rocket science. You have a movie that has no big stars, in a franchise following a poorly made and poorly received film, which is also a franchise that has oversaturated the film market.
It's not due to boycotts (organized or not). People were just not thrilled with TLJ, do not see anyone they really like in Solo, and don't feel that they still have to see every Star Wars film.
And I wouldn't go by the Movie/TV board as a fair sampling of the general public. We're far from that.
It's not due to boycotts (organized or not). People were just not thrilled with TLJ, do not see anyone they really like in Solo, and don't feel that they still have to see every Star Wars film.
And I wouldn't go by the Movie/TV board as a fair sampling of the general public. We're far from that.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:18 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Nice that you believe that current events are the result of everyone sharing your personal world-view.
They're all very important people. They'll shut down Disney, the NFL, and Netflix.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:22 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:29 am to Fewer Kilometers
I'm not sure if it's a boycott or not, but I didn't go for the sole reason that TLJ sucked. That was the reason I read spoilers and decided the movie wasn't good enough on it's on for me to pay to see it.
If TLJ didn't suck, I would've been there opening weekend.
If TLJ didn't suck, I would've been there opening weekend.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:34 am to DelU249
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deny it all you want, it's the most significant reason why solo is bombing
No it isn't. Disney's horrible management of the production and marketing are why it's "bombing."
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:38 am to DelU249
quote:I think there are way more people like me who just don't have an interest in it because 1) How horrible TLJ was and 2) it's not a story I care about at all either because the trailers told us zero and just said "here's a star wars story". This "boycott" by the hardcore fans isn't wide spread enough to make this big of an impact. "Regular" people like you and I are the ones who are making this thing fail. That's who Disney vilified.
deny it all you want, it's the most significant reason why solo is bombing
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:41 am to Argonaut
quote:They got away with the same marketing for Rogue One. We knew nothing of the actual story itself and were simply told "STAR WARS". That didn't work this time because they were hoping that "STAR WARS" plus "HAN SOLO" would be enough per usual. Can't get away with that after such a shitty movie like TLJ.
Disney's horrible management of the production and marketing are why it's "bombing."
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:47 am to Fewer Kilometers
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It's not due to boycotts (organized or not).
I think it pretty much is.
Many on here threatened to not go see it, and everyone else here said those people would cave in and go see it. I think what happened here is representative of what happened throughout the world based on the box office numbers.
I didn't cave, and i'm not going to. I'm not giving my money to Star Wars again until they can quit acting like morons and simply make a good movie free of some agenda they want to convey to the world.
All this Star Wars fatigue is bull shite. If Infinity Wars 2 came out next weekend it would break records. I think you'll see similar "fatigue" when episode 9 comes out. I'm not going see that either.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:50 am to TeddyPadillac
quote:I agree here. The MCU is proof of that.
All this Star Wars fatigue is bull shite.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:50 am to DelU249
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they're not boycotting because they hated TLJ or the identity politics of TLJ, they're boycotting because they didn't like it and for that they were called racists and ignored because of the BO total to which they were the main contributors
I legit don't know what you are talking about. I have not heard any of that crazy stuff you're blabbing about. I am not "boycotting." I am just not interested in the Solo movie. I think that view is more strongly the opinion of the average movie goer over the average message board poster. I could be way off base though. If that's the case then welp.
EDIT - whoops I realized I still had a page to read. My b.
This post was edited on 5/31/18 at 10:53 am
Posted on 5/31/18 at 10:58 am to ell_13
Rogue One didn't double its budget during production, either. It also didn't open against two strong competitors with somewhat similar target audiences. Disney treated Solo like they spent $125 million to make it, and they got the results they should have expected from that.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:01 am to ShootingsBricks4Life
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I legit don't know what you are talking about. I have not heard any of that crazy stuff you're blabbing about. I am not "boycotting."
They're equating the M/TV board and fan boards to the general public. Which is not the case.
The general public aren't actively avoiding this film. They're just not interested.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:03 am to DelU249
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no big stars
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woody harrelson, emilia Clarke, Donald glover
You think those are equal draws to Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hammill in a Star Wars film?
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:05 am to Fewer Kilometers
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The general public aren't actively avoiding this film. They're just not interested.
Those kind of go hand in hand in this instance.
If a movie we knew absolutely nothing about, and had zero knowledge of any of the characters, can make $1B just b/c people love Star Wars that much, and then a movie that has one of the most beloved characters of all time in it, and it's Star Wars, can't even make half of that unknown one, it's not b/c people simply aren't interested.
If Solo had come out when Rogue One did, it would have made well over $1B. If Rogue One came out this week, it wouldn't make $500M either. TLJ is the sole reason for that.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:08 am to Argonaut
quote:Deadpool is the only one really competing with it and it's audience is completely different as an R-rated, non-family friendly movie. There's only one demographic overlap and that's men from 18-35. Star wars is typically much older as well as picks up the younger teens and even some kids. That's on purpose for merchandise. But nothing comes out this weekend simply because studios were afraid of Solo being so big. Competition isn't the issue at all. If IW and Deadpool held well this week (which they didn't at 41 and 65% drops), it would only be because people didn't think Solo was a good enough option.
It also didn't open against two strong competitors with somewhat similar target audiences.
This post was edited on 5/31/18 at 11:09 am
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:09 am to Fewer Kilometers
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This post was edited on 5/27/23 at 7:32 am
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:10 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:Why did you pick them? Rogue One had no one a lesser-known cast.
You think those are equal draws to Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hammill in a Star Wars film?
Posted on 5/31/18 at 11:11 am to TeddyPadillac
quote:I'm assuming you mean globally, and I agree again.
If Solo had come out when Rogue One did, it would have made well over $1B. If Rogue One came out this week, it wouldn't make $500M either. TLJ is the sole reason for that.
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