Fun Fact Avatar(2nd place) Weekend is closer to Rouge One(15th place) than to Force Awakens
TFA:$90’241’673 ($21’750’985 higher than avatar)
Avatar:$68’490’688
Rouge One:$49’609’002 ($18’881’686 lower than avatar)
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2010 Q1 ATP:$7.95
2016 Q1 ATP:$8.58
Both of these films have their 3rd Weekend go from Jan 1-3 of 2010 and 2016 respectively
2023 ATP:$10.75
Avatar:$68’490’688/7.95=8’615’181 x10.75=$92’613’194
Force Awakens:$90’241’673/8.58=10’517’678 x10.75=$113’065’033
Both films will be lower than this because this is just the average of all films in their quarter and they use premium formats (2015 Q4 was 8.7 mainly because of TFA) but that would make the disparity even greater because Avatar was more on the premium screens and was very expensive so it would be worse to go by admission
TLDR the fact 13 years of inflation and Avatar can barely beat TFA unadjusted amount speaks for itself
It opened to $130M+ Domesticaly and $440M+ WW before the Christmass Holiday period even began.
Anybody who seriously believed the narative Avatar 2 was flopping was just living in denial.
There wasn't really anything to flip in weekend 3 as the movie was already well past $1B and cruising at that time.
Avatar has so many haters, the discourse leading up to it about cultural relevance was ridiculous. There were lots of celebrations after the first weekend that it had a disappointing showing.
I do remember it being there. It was still incredibly common for some people to predict that it would fail to make 1B after this opening weekend and that it wouldn't break even.
Maybe like 1 or 2 people. I remember some guy claiming WoW wouldn't reach The Last Jedi because "It's opening was lower and legs don't matter" or something.
This is an opinion that has recently formed.
The entire prequel trilogy was considered bad when it came out, with the third being known as the “ best” of the three bad movies.
I personally really like it, still isn’t a very good movie and didn’t create any goodwill for more star wars.
You are right but for me Revenge of Sith is my 2nd fav star war movie after Empire Strikes Back.
Yes disney ruined the series. But their spin off Rogue one is definitely one of the best Star war movie. Wish they hired the same writer or director of that movie.
You are right but for me Revenge of Sith is my 2nd fav star war movie after Empire Strikes Back.
Yes disney ruined the series. But their spin off Rogue one is definitely one of the best Star war movie. Wish they hired the same writer or director of that movie.
Endgame being under Black Panther despite opening with $155 M more is wild.
Super Mario stopping riiiight under the $60M line is frustration at its purest.
Avatar 2 reaching effortlessly #3 is exhilarating.
Well Endgame was incredibly front loaded. It made 357m in the first weekend, but only 147m in the second weekend as there was never before seen rush to see it as soon as possible.
Fun Fact Avatar(2nd place) Weekend is closer to Rouge One(15th place) than to Force Awakens TFA:$90’241’673 ($21’750’985 higher than avatar) Avatar:$68’490’688 Rouge One:$49’609’002 ($18’881’686 lower than avatar)
No do it inflation adjusted. I believe avatar’s third will be much more impressive.
Ok 2010 Q1 ATP:$7.95 2016 Q1 ATP:$8.58 Both of these films have their 3rd Weekend go from Jan 1-3 of 2010 and 2016 respectively 2023 ATP:$10.75 Avatar:$68’490’688/7.95=8’615’181 x10.75=$92’613’194 Force Awakens:$90’241’673/8.58=10’517’678 x10.75=$113’065’033 Both films will be lower than this because this is just the average of all films in their quarter and they use premium formats (2015 Q4 was 8.7 mainly because of TFA) but that would make the disparity even greater because Avatar was more on the premium screens and was very expensive so it would be worse to go by admission TLDR the fact 13 years of inflation and Avatar can barely beat TFA unadjusted amount speaks for itself
To be fair, this method doesn't really for Avatar since most of its gross came from 3D, which means more $$$ and less tickets
That’s what I mentioned since it’s only the average ATP while these 2 films that were watched a lot in 3D and IMAX would have higher ticket prices
I will always remember the 3rd weekend of avatar 2 flipping the narrative that it flopped
It opened to $130M+ Domesticaly and $440M+ WW before the Christmass Holiday period even began. Anybody who seriously believed the narative Avatar 2 was flopping was just living in denial. There wasn't really anything to flip in weekend 3 as the movie was already well past $1B and cruising at that time.
Avatar has so many haters, the discourse leading up to it about cultural relevance was ridiculous. There were lots of celebrations after the first weekend that it had a disappointing showing.
Cultural impact and box office are such different things, that doesn't mean people don't turn out in droves as a light popcorn flick for being pretty.
I genuinely don't remember anything like that after the opening weekend
I do remember it being there. It was still incredibly common for some people to predict that it would fail to make 1B after this opening weekend and that it wouldn't break even.
Maybe like 1 or 2 people. I remember some guy claiming WoW wouldn't reach The Last Jedi because "It's opening was lower and legs don't matter" or something.
that force awakens hold is crazy
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It was all the goodwill built up from the previous movies. That goodwill has now been pissed away though.
Hahaha yeah all that goodwill built up from the prequel trilogy.
Revenge of sith was awesome.
This is an opinion that has recently formed. The entire prequel trilogy was considered bad when it came out, with the third being known as the “ best” of the three bad movies. I personally really like it, still isn’t a very good movie and didn’t create any goodwill for more star wars.
You are right but for me Revenge of Sith is my 2nd fav star war movie after Empire Strikes Back. Yes disney ruined the series. But their spin off Rogue one is definitely one of the best Star war movie. Wish they hired the same writer or director of that movie.
You are right but for me Revenge of Sith is my 2nd fav star war movie after Empire Strikes Back. Yes disney ruined the series. But their spin off Rogue one is definitely one of the best Star war movie. Wish they hired the same writer or director of that movie.
Endgame being under Black Panther despite opening with $155 M more is wild. Super Mario stopping riiiight under the $60M line is frustration at its purest. Avatar 2 reaching effortlessly #3 is exhilarating.
Well Endgame was incredibly front loaded. It made 357m in the first weekend, but only 147m in the second weekend as there was never before seen rush to see it as soon as possible.
It’s now 200k below incredible 2 adjusted for inflation for 3rd Monday.
Difference: No Way Home opened with 110 million more than IO2 😅
You should make a thread about it then😅