Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!) - Page 679 - Blu-ray Forum

AintNoSin · 04-21-2015, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

LoL

It will never go over 600 million domestic, not a chance. It may go over a billion world wide but it wont end up in the top 3 or 4 films of all time. I still predict The Avengers will be the winner of the year at the BO

The Force with you is strong if the future you can see...

caode · 04-21-2015, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dvdmike

They have it doing 500 million first day worldwide, it will do over 600 in the USA.

I'm nearly certain that estimation is for the first three days. It will be the highest grossing film of the year worldwide though. I'm firmly in The Force Awakens camp.

Geoff D · 04-21-2015, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

LoL

It will never go over 600 million domestic, not a chance. It may go over a billion world wide but it wont end up in the top 3 or 4 films of all time. I still predict The Avengers will be the winner of the year at the BO

It may go over a billion? Pffft. As the THR analyst said, the movie will do $1 billion without blinking. If it's got the legs - the big winter hits generally do, especially as we head into the cinematic wilderness of Jan/Feb - and appeals to both old and young fans alike (just as I said earlier) then it will smash Avengers.

captveg · 04-21-2015, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by R3P0

Come on Bro what the CGI in the Prequels looks like crap the entire movie is shot on Green Screen it is nothing but CGI. Thus by definition it is a CGI tardfest. If you like them more power to you, I dont thus my opinion.

Not only is this factually inaccurate (there are a lot of real models in the PT), the PT CGI holds unfairly well, ESPECIALLY when compared to the majority of other CGI world in 1999-2005

captveg · 04-21-2015, 11:37 PM

Re: box office. There is no competition for it for about a month. It'll be #1 until at least Kung Fu Panda 3 at the very end of Jan.

aiman04 · 04-21-2015, 11:47 PM

Believe it or not the effects for Episode I was approached the same way as Episode VII does. They go with practical first, when it's not possible or too costly only then they used CGI. But starting with Episode II and especially with Episode III, I would say the CGI is a bit more while still have tons of practical & models. To highlight scenes that were famously mistakenly for CGI are Utapau and Mustafar, they're models with some green screen with the characters. Ron Fricke also shot plates from the volcanic eruption in Mt Etna for Mustafar and the mountains in Thailand for Kashyyyk. The fact that people can't differentiate only means they did a great job overall.

Megalith · 04-21-2015, 11:51 PM

The numbers will be adjusted when the movie leaks a week before release.

AaronJ · 04-22-2015, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by toddly6666

Still funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-GZJhfBmI

OMG, that is freakin' hilarious!

And wow, I had forgotten what a total babe Carrie was.

Noahishere · 04-22-2015, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

LoL

It will never go over 600 million domestic, not a chance. It may go over a billion world wide but it wont end up in the top 3 or 4 films of all time. I still predict The Avengers will be the winner of the year at the BO

If you decide to hold strong on your opinion about how much TFA will make in total, I want to bet you on that legit. This movie, even if it doesn't live up to expectations, will make disgustingly huge amounts of money. It will be insane!

dvdmike · 04-22-2015, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by captveg

Re: box office. There is no competition for it for about a month. It'll be #1 until at least Kung Fu Panda 3 at the very end of Jan.

Spectre might have legs.

Himmel · 04-22-2015, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dvdmike

Spectre might have legs.

But will run out of steam well before the movie debuts!

dvdmike · 04-22-2015, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Terminated

But will run out of steam well before the movie debuts!

Or not.

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Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $304,360,277 27.5%
+ Foreign: $804,200,736 72.5%
= Worldwide: $1,108,561,013
Domestic Summary
Opening Weekend: $88,364,714
(#1 rank, 3,505 theaters, $25,211 average)
% of Total Gross: 29.0%
> View All 18 Weekends
Widest Release: 3,526 theaters
Close Date: March 10, 2013
In Release: 122 days / 17.4 weeks

JamesBenjamin · 04-22-2015, 02:05 PM

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The narration in the latest trailer has been a topic of debate — the lines spoken by Luke Skywalker are taken from a speech he gives to Leia in Return of the Jedi, but it was difficult to tell if the dialogue was lifted directly, or a new narration from The Force Awakens.

Speaking at Celebration over the weekend, Mark Hamill and JJ Abrams confirmed that the narration was actually a bit of both — Hamill recorded the lines again the week before the trailer was released, and the new recording was added to the original as reverb. This means it was likely that the dialogue was just for the purpose of the trailer, rather than having any specific part in the new movie. [ Business Insider]

http://uk.businessinsider.com/mark-h...er-2015-4?r=US

Thank god they came out and said it. This also confirms the dialog is just for the trailer and will not be in the film.

Nightrunner · 04-22-2015, 03:16 PM

Total gross is the current argument?

well, it's a Christmas release. With everyone's money being spent on gifts and traveling.

Unless your rich. Rich, powerful. Listen, if we were to rescue Star Wars, the reward would be...Well, more wealth than you can imagine!

I don't know about you but I can imagine quite a bit.

Nightrunner · 04-22-2015, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Outlander

Why is that?

They aren't jet fighters. They can simply stop and hover if need be and go back the way they came in.

No but they have forward, side and rear sensors.

Geoff D · 04-22-2015, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dvdmike

Or not.

Indeed. If the early winter hits have legs then they can run and run. Avatar opened on Dec 18 2009 and didn't officially close until August 12 2010!

In some ways it makes the bigger $1B+ summer hauls all the more impressive because they have so much more competition (that said, Skyfall had a Hobbit to deal with, and vice versa) but that still won't dull Star Wars' achievement if it manages to topple Avatar.

Himmel · 04-22-2015, 03:28 PM

For weekend of February 5-7, 2010, the movie Dear John passed Avatar and took number one in the box office. Dear John grossed $32.4 million, passing Avatar at $23.6 million. Avatar had been number one for seven straight weekends.

Himmel · 04-22-2015, 08:00 PM

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Jett Rink · 04-22-2015, 10:18 PM

^ Longcat lives on!

The Debts · 04-23-2015, 12:48 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/beh...awakens-790757

Looks like Dolby Atmos has been confirmed right out the gate.

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Two Stars	32	3.54%
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04-22-2015, 03:28 PM	#13577
Himmel Banned Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Northeast Corridor 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:301	What movie beat 'Avatar' in the box office? For weekend of February 5-7, 2010, the movie Dear John passed Avatar and took number one in the box office. Dear John grossed $32.4 million, passing Avatar at $23.6 million. Avatar had been number one for seven straight weekends.

04-21-2015, 11:37 PM	#13565
captveg Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 4K collection:472 Blu-ray collection:1709 DVD collection:317 Trading Score:1	Re: box office. There is no competition for it for about a month. It'll be #1 until at least Kung Fu Panda 3 at the very end of Jan.

04-21-2015, 11:47 PM	#13566
aiman04 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Malaysia Home Theater Gallery:9	Believe it or not the effects for Episode I was approached the same way as Episode VII does. They go with practical first, when it's not possible or too costly only then they used CGI. But starting with Episode II and especially with Episode III, I would say the CGI is a bit more while still have tons of practical & models. To highlight scenes that were famously mistakenly for CGI are Utapau and Mustafar, they're models with some green screen with the characters. Ron Fricke also shot plates from the volcanic eruption in Mt Etna for Mustafar and the mountains in Thailand for Kashyyyk. The fact that people can't differentiate only means they did a great job overall.

04-21-2015, 11:51 PM	#13567
Megalith Special Member Member since:Jan 2007	The numbers will be adjusted when the movie leaks a week before release.

04-22-2015, 03:16 PM	#13574
Nightrunner Expert Member Member since:Apr 2014 Location:United States Blu-ray collection:46	Total gross is the current argument? well, it's a Christmas release. With everyone's money being spent on gifts and traveling. Unless your rich. Rich, powerful. Listen, if we were to rescue Star Wars, the reward would be...Well, more wealth than you can imagine! I don't know about you but I can imagine quite a bit.

04-22-2015, 10:18 PM	#13579
Jett Rink Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:154	^ Longcat lives on!

04-23-2015, 12:48 AM	#13580
The Debts Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 Location:ME 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:334 DVD collection:181 MA collection:143 Digital collection:211 iTunes collection:147 Prime collection:122 Blu-ray reviews: 5	http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/beh...awakens-790757 Looks like Dolby Atmos has been confirmed right out the gate.

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