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Post by shannondegroot on Nov 30, 2017 7:09:07 GMT
came out in the Summer Time?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 30, 2017 7:24:54 GMT
Good question. I assume the reason is to take advantage of merchandising for Christmas season.
Merchandising! Where the real money on the movie is made!
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Post by hi224 on Nov 30, 2017 14:10:50 GMT
Promptly i feel they are also trying to compete for best picture.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 30, 2017 14:13:17 GMT
Good question. I assume the reason is to take advantage of merchandising for Christmas season. Merchandising! Where the real money on the movie is made! Bingo. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 17:32:31 GMT
I think they would have much more money if they were actually good.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 30, 2017 17:49:50 GMT
December has been very strong I guess pretty much since 2001 when LOTR:FOTR & Harry Potter released.
Big titles can virtually have theatres all to themselves through March... whereas summer, every single week an entire slate of bigger new titles comes out.
I think once Infinity War 2 is done, Star Wars should move back to summer.
Avatar 2 I'd bet money it'll be a December release.
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Post by kingkoopa on Nov 30, 2017 17:58:57 GMT
I think it's a little bit of them wanting not to have Marvel and Star Wars movies playing at the same time, but more for the merchandising.
There's also the traditional family element of Christmas, and many fans of the originals now have kids or grandkids who'll want to get in on it. Seems they're selling Star Wars as entertainment for the whole family.
I think they ought to jump on the May 4th bandwagon personally.
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Post by Archelaus on Nov 30, 2017 19:15:50 GMT
For now, no. Releasing Star Wars in December has worked perfectly for the last two films. The Force Awakens grossed $2 billion worldwide while Rogue One grossed over $1 billion, which is roughly the same box office gross as the last few Marvel Cinematic Universe films. I'll wait and see how well Solo does in May 2018, which may decide if Star Wars should just stick to December release dates.
Nevertheless, as everyone else has said, Marvel has held a stronghold on the summer movie season for some years now in the absence of Star Wars that it's only fair to give those films and future Star Wars movies their own time to breathe.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 30, 2017 19:16:43 GMT
I don't think much difference would be made.
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Post by shannondegroot on Nov 30, 2017 23:54:05 GMT
I figured maybe Kids being off for 3 months instead of 2 weeks would make a bigger $ impact?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 0:51:14 GMT
Good question. I assume the reason is to take advantage of merchandising for Christmas season. Merchandising! Where the real money on the movie is made! Bingo. x 2 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 0:51:49 GMT
In fact, these are not films. They're very long ads for toys.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Dec 1, 2017 1:00:40 GMT
That doesn't matter anymore.
Avatar and Titanic were both released in December.
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