Projected 68% percent drop in movie ticket sales this weekend; that is Batman vs Superman territory. TFA dropped 39% from its first weekend to its second. We can speculate over the ‘real’ review numbers, but box office numbers will generally indicate how the movie going public really feels about a movie; case in point, The Justice League which will most likely finish its box office run with less than $700 million worldwide.
I heard via the SC Reviews channel that it was actually a 77% drop in ticket sales for the second week. Also despite the narrative claiming the low user score on Rotten Tom. is manufactured by some person that posted about it on Facebook, I have seen a pretty consistent ratio in likes vs dislikes for nearly every YouTube video I’ve watched that is either a review, analysis or opinion video that is openly criticising TLJ and they’re all around 70-90% likes vs the dislikes. I very much am getting the feeling that despite the positive image many articles are pushing, the visible and audible crowd of people who don’t like TLJ is growing larger buy the day and while not likely the majority, I estimate they are a significant percentage.
In regards to the prospects for episode IX, I agree with this guy - it’s in big trouble and JJ has a hell of a job before him!
.Val