So far all the new Star Wars movies have been excellent and I do not know how George Lucas will surpass the masterpieces which are "Attack of the Clones" and "The Phantom Menace." But I saw the trailer and I already know he has.
So I say around a $50 million opening day.
$153 million opening weekend.
$126 million second weekend.
$830 million domestic.
$1,060 million overeas.
$1,890 million total.
Yes, I am being serious.

Three observations:

1. He has never predicted a single movie in his life. In fact, he has never looked at the box-office ever.

2. He worships Yoda, believes in the force and went to the prom as Darth Vader.

3. He wants to marry either Chewbacca or Leia.

Between this guys 1.8b ww, and gastu 300 ww(!!) there are some very diverse predicts over there!

Oh boy, so let's like, em, all go and check it out! Let's leave this site altogether, shall we?


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And the guy who predicted that amount is a total idiot. No offense.

is it even possible for Star Wars to do that much business?

No, it's not possible


It will have tremendous competition piling up week after week after week for over three months, and no rest period like Fall (ET) or Jan/Feb Winter (Titanic). It will not be able to remain in over a thousand or two thousand theatres for a long time either.


Oh, and SW was never so popular overseas as to warrant a $1B intl. cume.

if you thought BKB had big predicts here is one from bom:
(guys first post apprently)

How dare you Impact. Talk about someone behind their back. How low can you get????

At this point (this year), a sum like this one is virtually impossible for any movie.

I am willing to bet all money I have that no movie will make that much either this year or next year or the year after that.

ROTK is the only other film to do that.

No, it's not. It made $741m, and that's that. Only Titanic has raced past $1B overseas.

Well, who would have predicted Titanic? It's extremely unlikely, but there is always a remote chance that some film will come along, shock us all, and have the amazing legs need to pull in those numbers.

Well, who would have predicted Titanic? It's extremely unlikely, but there is always a remote chance that some film will come along, shock us all, and have the amazing legs need to pull in those numbers.

Didn't Titanic hit 2BILLION WORLDWIDE?

Hey DP, nice talking to you again :wink:


I think it's going to be a drama with action (like Titanic) that will pull off those numbers during the summer. Slow and steady does it. Well, imagine a film opening in June, showing amazing legs in July/August, so theatre ownders decide to keep it, and it makes it into Fall. Since there's less competition then, it will retain a consistent run for a few more months. Then, if its really good, the Awards season will be a huge boost. Imagine it then going from Oct to February, and including the lucrative Thanksgiving and Christmas periods. If its does well at the Oscars, that's another month of business, and the DVD can be released in May/June.

That'd be one hell of a run, but it's possible. I mean, an Oscar-worthy The Notebook could pull it off.

Well, I mean the fact aside that no first release has come closer than within $160 milion to Titanic yet, we are not talking $600 milion here, but $830 million. I mean a second Titanic within the next three years is very unlikely, but a movie to outgross Titanic by over $200 million is impossible.

Oh, if I had the choice between summer or winter, I'd pick winter for sure.


The Oscar season, however, has been shortened by a month, which is considerable. The Oscars themselves don't have a huge effect. The publicity that comes with it, however, is a good $50m-$100m worth of free advertising. That's quite a lot. The Oscars will give any film thousands of headlines for at least a month across the globe and the US.


If I had to pick any trajectory, I would start with the first weekend of November. That will give it Thanksgiving weekend to compensate for poor weekdays, and the Christmas holidays to make up for the inevitable big post-Thanksgiving drop. It can then bask in the glory of the Awards shows for 2 months, and wind down steadily.

So far all the new Star Wars movies have been excellent and I do not know how George Lucas will surpass the masterpieces which are "Attack of the Clones" and "The Phantom Menace." But I saw the trailer and I already know he has.
So I say around a $50 million opening day.
$153 million opening weekend.
$126 million second weekend.
$830 million domestic.
$1,060 million overeas.
$1,890 million total.
Yes, I am being serious.

So far all the new Star Wars movies have been excellent and I do not know how George Lucas will surpass the masterpieces which are "Attack of the Clones" and "The Phantom Menace." But I saw the trailer and I already know he has.
So I say around a $50 million opening day.
$153 million opening weekend.
$126 million second weekend.
$830 million domestic.
$1,060 million overeas.
$1,890 million total.
Yes, I am being serious.