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Artie the One-Man Party
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 Did Lucas Make His 150 Prediction... Becuase he knew Kong would do much less, therefore making it look even more disappointing in comparison to his prediction??? I smell a conspiracy!
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Chippy
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He made that prediction to prove the all but proven statement
"Lucas knows shit about box-office"
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I keep wishing it was because he wanted to give BKB a heart attack and put us out of our misery.
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Tyler
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I don't know, but Lucas is not a reputable number-cruncher (remember $200 million total for ROTS), and anyone who took his prediction (if anyone) are insane.
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STEVE ROGERS
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The answer is "No".. He was merely supporting his friend, his colleague, and giving it a round the house projected number based on it being the "Hit" factor with Lucas when he saw it and he went by his gut impression.. Right now, he's 
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MikeQ.
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A $150 million opening weekend prediction was ridiculous from the beginning, so it's either that or he's really stupid.
PEACE, Mike.
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dar
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Who cares what George Lucas thinks of BO? It´s not like he´s got a website called "Boxofficejedi" or anything...
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jb007
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dar wrote: Who cares what George Lucas thinks of BO? It´s not like he´s got a website called "Boxofficejedi" or anything... His jedis do own the box office though.
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Jeff 42
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MikeQ. wrote: A $150 million opening weekend prediction was ridiculous from the beginning, so it's either that or he's really stupid.
PEACE, Mike. My guess is he was thinking a $150m 5-day, which is still ridiculous but may not have been completely impossible. Obviously he doesn't know much about box office, in any case.
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Artie the One-Man Party
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I still think he was purposely over-hyping it. Even if he can't predict the BO, what kind of average movie-goer would not listen to Lucas when it comes to the Box Office, a trade he has mastered.
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MikeQ.
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Jeff 42 wrote: MikeQ. wrote: A $150 million opening weekend prediction was ridiculous from the beginning, so it's either that or he's really stupid.
PEACE, Mike. My guess is he was thinking a $150m 5-day, which is still ridiculous but may not have been completely impossible. Obviously he doesn't know much about box office, in any case. That is what I was referring to, a $150 million 5-day weekend prediction. It's stupid whichever way you slice it. Return of the King didn't come near $150 million 5-day, so another 3 hour film with a lesser title isn't going to come near it.
PEACE, Mike.
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Jeff 42
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George Lucas has a lot of respect and admiration for Peter Jackson, and he wouldn't purposefully set out to try to make King Kong be perceived as a failure. I'm sure this was a simple lack of knowledge about box office, and really doubt he had any sort of malicious intent here.
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Artie the One-Man Party
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It's fun to think he did anways 
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