http://digitalpimponline.com/strips.php?title=movie&id=361
CO said:-Mr. Lucas said he would be satisfied if the film made $100 million domestically-
This was my whole point all along guys as to why I am glad this movie didn't make squat this weekend, and it won't even make 50 million domestically. Even though many call this a kids movie, which I 100% agree, Lucas thought the SW adult fans like us would still turn out, but the OT fans stayed at home, and only the parents with kids and PT fanboys went to see this, as they said 2/3 of the audience were families. So that shows that the PT fanboys are not that big a fanbase as Lucas predicted, as movie that makes 100 million domestically, usually does about 30-40 million the first weekend. This maybe a wakeup call to Lucas that the majority of the fanbase is the older OT fans, as they are the ones that love the movies, and live and die by them.
Yeah I pointed that out for you CO.
I also find it interesting the people were saying whatever money Lucasfilm and WB make on this movie is basically profit. But based on what is said in this article WB can't be very happy at all. Sure they'll make some money off the box office but now they are potentially stuck wth a tv show for a couple of seasons that could end up being a real dud. A tv show they only really wanted to distribute so the could get the rights to distribute the film.