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drB6 says

Does this person self-identify as a man, woman, or something else? I can not really tell from picture.

Seriously, I fucking hate Kathleen Kennedy and Third Wave Feminist.

Heraclitusstudent says

She has big blue eyes, like a hobbit.
What more do you want?

I'd need proof it was a woman, never know these days.

Goran_K says

Seriously, I fucking hate Kathleen Kennedy and Third Wave Feminist.

Third wave feminism=aggressive idiocy.

Goran_K says

I'd need proof it was a woman, never know these days.

Let's not misgender them - call them "xer" or "zir". After all, this is what "xe" want.

Goran_K says

Seriously, I fucking hate Kathleen Kennedy and Third Wave Feminist.

How badly is Solo under-performing?

Oh, it’s bad.

Keeping in mind that the trades reporting on Solo’s box office tend to suck up to the studios by making things sound better than they really are — and things still look bad. Over this four-day Memorial Day weekend, Solo is belly-flopping at right around $114 million. Solo’s three-day take (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) is $93 million.

Comparing apples-to-apples, here are the three-day openings…

Solo: $92 million

The Last Jedi: $220 million

Rogue One: $155 million

When you figure in for inflation, even the dreaded prequels (that opened on a lot fewer screens) will out-perform Solo.

The Phantom Menace opened to $114 million (2970 screens) in 1999, Attack of the Clones opened to $126 million (3161 screens) in 2002, and Revenge of the Sith opened to $153 million (3663 screens) in 2005.

Solo opened on a whopping 4400 screens.

For an even clearer perspective, on its opening Friday, Rogue One earned $71 million. Solo made about half that, $36.5 million.

Internationally, that magical place where most domestic box office bombs go to thrive, Solo is even doing worse. In 43 markets, over two whole days, Solo made a paltry $11.4 million.

So what is happening? Why such a collapse?

Two words: Kathleen and Kennedy.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/26/go-woke-go-broke-solo-crash-lands-at-box-office/

Disney should re-write the prequels and give it to the guys who do Game of Thrones, or have Kevin Smith write the thing.

TwoScoopsOfWompWomp says

Disney should re-write the prequels and give it to the guys who do Game of Thrones, or have Kevin Smith write the thing.

Maybe and the first 2 minutes make it Luke waking from a nightmare dreaming about the two movies and being glad it was only a bad dream.

Goran_K says

Considering the typical theater share is 50%, Solo has basically made Disney around $170 million to date, at a cost of $500 million.

I hear you. Getting into Disney Land or World is significantly more revenue for them compared to a movie though. I think the movies are average at best (new ones) but they're entertaining enough.

It would probably take close to 10 movie goers compared to 1 paid ticket to Disney World for the same net profit. Even if someone only saw The Empire Strikes back, essentially a property they own now, they'd still probably be intrigued to go to DL/DW and check the rides out and shit (once they're complete). You don't even need to see the new one's technically to get interested in Star Wars.

They have to show upset about poor box office results, but it's a long play for Disney even if it looks bad now. They've got the marketing, branding and brainwashing down to a science. SW will be a massive cash cow for them, you can't just base it on the new movie attendance/revenue numbers. You can dislike the movies (won't argue that) but it's too early to call this a loss for Disney in my opinion. (Disclaimer: I'm a shareholder).

WookieMan says

I hear you. Getting into Disney Land or World is significantly more revenue for them compared to a movie though. I think the movies are average at best (new ones) but they're entertaining enough.

It would probably take close to 10 movie goers compared to 1 paid ticket to Disney World for the same net profit. Even if someone only saw The Empire Strikes back, essentially a property they own now, they'd still probably be intrigued to go to DL/DW and check the rides out and shit (once they're complete). You don't even need to see the new one's technically to get interested in Star Wars.

They have to show upset about poor box office results, but it's a long play for Disney even if it looks bad now. They've got the marketing, branding and brainwashing down to a science. SW will be a massive cash cow for them, you can't just base it on the new movie attendance/revenue numbers. You can dislike the movies (won't argue that) but it's too early to call this a loss for Disn...

I am not a Disney shareholder (at least directly) so I do not know what their revenue and earnings are from their Star Wars related theme parks.

However, brand damage is brand damage. If there was a theme park based around the Ghost Busters 2016 movie, one could imagine that there might not be many people willing to visit the park. If Disney's Star Wars themed park is based around the new SJW movies, I imagine that there would be a decrease in revenue compared to if the brand was never damaged in the first place.