Mike O said:

I wonder how much this would have to make in proportion to how much it cost to create the 3-D version? I'm betting it'll do gangbusters because all things Star Wars do, but it'll be interesting to see.

I'm also curious about what Lucasfilm may define as financial success for TPM in 3D, and what they expect to earn if they want to move forward confidently with the other movies.

Let's not forget that the 2008 Clone Wars movie was a complete bomb, critically and commercially (35mil domestic). And that was a brand new piece of work meant to segue into the tv series.

TPM has already been seen by many people, so if I had to guess I'd say that even fewer people would be interested in seeing it again. That doesn't include newbies, though 3.5 years isn't a huge separation to consider new age groups from 2008.

The box office numbers indicate that 3D is dying down as well.

But, who knows how TPM 3D will do? It could win the weekend, or it could also bomb. The wild card is how many self-loathing SW fans will drag themselves to the theaters to give Lucas more money because "it's Star Wars."