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In response to "Pete, there are many, many questions. -- nm" by David

I'll say this, if the movie sucks, WOM will kill it and in this age of social media...

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Nov 30 '15, 14:47

the firestorm of nerds that will rage out against it will be epic.

But I don't think that's going to happen. I hope it doesn't.

This is a whole different flavor of Star Wars. It's not Lucas. kathleen kennedy is no fool.

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Respectfully, you're still disccussing something I'm not. This is about mid-December box office behavior much more than Star Wars 7. -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:54 36
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  - I think even people traveling will make it to the theater. - groiny Nov 30, 15:20 14
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      - It is a movie. It is not like it is an all day activity. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:27
      - And the thing is, how many of those family plans will include taking kids to see this? - groiny Nov 30, 15:24 7
        
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        Someone mentioned the library copies being checked out? Yes, they are. With a waiting list like you would not believe. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:29 4
        
        I have plenty of FB friends posting shit about it, that they have tickets to take their kids. - groiny Nov 30, 15:31 3
        
        When my mom said she is going to see it, I realized it was batting for the cycle. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:32 2
        
        well, I don't know about all that. - groiny Nov 30, 15:34 1
        
        The toys are staggering. We had the tv on while tree decorating and each commercial break had multiple commercials for various Star Wars toys. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:39
        
        oh, it is more than you and I, for sure. - groiny Nov 30, 15:29
    - That is the beauty of it. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:22 3
      - well, it is either confidence or arrogance. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 15:23 2
        
        spoiler - Spawn Nov 30, 15:29 1
        
        you have to think no studio wants to release a behemoth like this in a time when it can lose money. - groiny Nov 30, 15:33
- fair enough. I'm saying Star Wars will break those December expectations and history. - Remlik Nov 30, 14:58 17
  - the thing is that it can break records and not be as huge as some seem to be predicting. - b. Nov 30, 15:11 14
    - WHile I do think 300 is way to high. I think it will be Jurrassic. How many theaters were running 24 hours a day for it's opening weekend? -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 15:21 1
      - that is not all theaters. mention of that is what made me look at availability (see below). - b. Nov 30, 15:30
    - Which leads to negative headlines about disappointment, which leads to questions about what's lacking about it... -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:20 11
      - yah, that totally sucks. fwiw, there are still lots of options for tickets for regular times opening night/weekend in my area - nerd central. ;) - - b. Nov 30, 15:25 10
        
        12,000 auditoriums X 225 seats X $10 ticket X 18 shows a day X a 60% occupancy=$291.6M - Remlik Nov 30, 15:34 9
        
        Literally the same threads as 1999. -- nm - David Nov 30, 16:04 1
        
        I deleted this from my post below, but yah - I was going to say that those results are working to get to the goal. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 16:06
        
        in looking at my area there aren't that maximized number of showings - b. Nov 30, 15:55
        
        225? Where we are going has somethign like 440. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:35 5
        
        Oops. 404. Noblesville has 455. Here is a complete list. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 30, 15:37 1
        
        that list is incomplete for my area, at least. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 16:08
        
        I'm sure it's an average. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 15:36 2
        
        I call it a low average. Theaters are not putting it on their smallest screens. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:42 1
        
        fwiw, it's in some very small theaters here, like the whole location is small. (bigger, too, of course.) -- nm - b. Nov 30, 15:57
  - Everyone is agreeing it will break December records. The problem is that it has to break them by 144%. -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:04 1
    - It's probably got the biggest appeal across all audiences of any movie. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 30, 15:11
- Oh, I just thought of a second scenario where I might see STAR7 - if my father in law wants to -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:55 1
  - (It opens on his eldest daughter's first birthday) - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:55

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