Episode III box office potential

Author: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
Date: 4-Mar-2005, 6:21 AM

Author: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
Time: 4-Mar-2005 6:21 AM
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Just how much money do you think Episode III will rake in?

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Author: Bossk
Time: 4-Mar-2005 7:10 AM
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$315 million.

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Author: Mr.Coffee
Time: 4-Mar-2005 7:29 AM
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$315.50 million.

Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 4-Mar-2005 8:11 AM
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$277 Million.

Author: Bossk
Time: 4-Mar-2005 8:46 AM
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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
$315.50 million.

What is this... The Price is Right?

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
$277 Million.

The reason I didn't go that low is that no SW movie has ever made less than $290 million. Even though some of the public might be burned on it, this is the final episode of the series (or so we hope). Here are the U.S. Box Office totals for the first five movies...

Episode I - The Phantom Menace - $431,088,301
Episode II - Attack of the Clones - $310,676,740
Episode IV - A New Hope - $460,998,007
Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - $290,475,067
Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - $309,306,177
(courtesy of Box Office Mojo)

Maybe it won't be as good or bring in as many people, but ticket prices are constantly on the rise. So that'll make up for it.

Oh, and go fig that my fave episode is the lowest earner. Aye aye aye.

Author: starkiller
Time: 4-Mar-2005 9:04 AM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
$277 Million.

The reason I didn't go that low is that no SW movie has ever made less than $290 million. Even though some of the public might be burned on it, this is the final episode of the series (or so we hope). Here are the U.S. Box Office totals for the first five movies...

Episode I - The Phantom Menace - $431,088,301
Episode II - Attack of the Clones - $310,676,740
Episode IV - A New Hope - $460,998,007
Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - $290,475,067
Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - $309,306,177
(courtesy of Box Office Mojo)

Maybe it won't be as good or bring in as many people, but ticket prices are constantly on the rise. So that'll make up for it.

Oh, and go fig that my fave episode is the lowest earner. Aye aye aye.

Adjust for inflation. You'll see that AOTC was the worst money maker of the bunch.
In fact, using the adjustments, the values put them in the order they were made.

Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 4-Mar-2005 9:16 AM
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Wow. So basically the box-office returns of the films have goten progressively worse.

That sucks.

Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 4-Mar-2005 10:49 AM
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But not unusual. Only a handful of sequels have actually made more than the original films.

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Author: Trooperman
Time: 4-Mar-2005 11:20 AM
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Inflation aside, I still can't believe the The Empire Strikes Back, the true masterpiece of the saga, made the least money of all the films. What was wrong with everybody? I know about the sequel trend, but Empire was not your average sequel.

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Author: Duke's alter ego
Time: 4-Mar-2005 11:36 AM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
$315.50 million.

What is this... The Price is Right?

1 million, Bob!

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Author: Bossk
Time: 4-Mar-2005 11:39 AM
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Yeah, but look at it in terms of the time it was released. Few, if any, sequels had ever come out by 1980. Most considered the success of ANH to be a fluke anyway so they never really gave Empire a chance. And the ending of Empire was such a downer that most "non-fanatic" fans were unlikely to see it without knowing that the story line would ultimately be resolved. Imagine if you had seen Empire, but very few others did making it a horribly attended movie. Then, due to the lackluster BO, Jedi was never made. You'd be left hanging and I think some people may have been afraid of that possibility after hearing from reviews or from friends that there was some big, depressing cliffhanger at the end. In retrospect, it's brilliant.

As you say, it's not your average sequel. But did they realize that back in '80?

Just possibilities.

Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 4-Mar-2005 9:05 PM
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Weren't you alive then, Bossk?

Author: Bossk
Time: 5-Mar-2005 5:55 AM
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Yeah I was. But I was five. Usually you don't give much of a damn about anybody else other than yourself at that age.

Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 5-Mar-2005 6:23 AM
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Oh yeah. Right... my bad...

I actually expect Episode 3 to make more than 277 Million. I just through that figure out there to see what reaction it would get.

Author: HotRod
Time: 5-Mar-2005 7:30 AM
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£1

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Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 5-Mar-2005 8:06 AM
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C'mon. A pound isn't worht that much more than a dollar.

Author: TheSessler
Time: 5-Mar-2005 1:08 PM
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Actually, a British Pound is almost twice the value of an American Dollar

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Author: TheSessler
Time: 5-Mar-2005 1:09 PM
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Chock that up to buying things from amazon.co.uk.

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Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 5-Mar-2005 3:46 PM
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But one pound coulding be equal to the box office returns of a big budget movie.

Except catwoman.

Author: TheSessler
Time: 5-Mar-2005 4:13 PM
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I think if they ever publish Catwoman's Box Office returns they will convert it into yen and conveniently display the fact that it was converted at the very bottom in size 2 font.

Here is the real info in case you want to know:

"BOX OFFICE SUMMARY
Box Office Total: $40,173,429
Box Office Opening: $16,728,411
No. of Weeks in Top 10: 3
Highest Ranking: 3 "

Its sad that Catwoman even broke the top ten.

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Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 5-Mar-2005 5:15 PM
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Author: HotRod
Time: 6-Mar-2005 5:49 AM
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ok £2 then...

Seriously, I think it will make mega-bucks....It is the LASt film remember.
Even the average Joe wants to see how Vader becomes Vader!!

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Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 6-Mar-2005 8:53 AM
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Good point. And I'm sure there will be fans that go to see the Wookiees/Kashyyyk.

BTW, how do you make the pound sign on a keyboard?

Author: TheSessler
Time: 6-Mar-2005 10:56 AM
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Alt-0163=£
Alt-0165=¥(yen)

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Author: Darth Chaltab
Time: 6-Mar-2005 11:58 AM
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Why don't they just put those as the shift functions for brackets?

I mean who ever actually uses braces?