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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 18:34:57 GMT
Last Jedi Opening weekend: 27 million
Force Awakens: 54 million
Last jedi debuts to 9 million opening day in China which puts it far behind a local Chinese movie called THE EX FILE 3.Star Wars franchise's challenges in China are well established by now. The Force Awakens earned $124 million in the Middle Kingdom in 2016, but that was only enough to rank 13th in China for the year, a soft finish compared to its all-time number-one showing in North America ($936.6 million).
Perhaps most troubling for Disney, the Chinese audience seems to be liking the Star Wars universe less and less. Despite featuring two Chinese stars, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story earned just $69.5 million for a 35th place finish last year (after, again coming in first place in the USA)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 18:46:59 GMT
That's China actually has good taste in movies. They loved the Prequels, but rightfully rejected this movie.
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Post by blockbusted on Jan 5, 2018 19:26:34 GMT
That's China actually has good taste in movies. They loved the Prequels, but rightfully rejected this movie. By that logic, ‘Geostorm’ is better than ‘Blade Runner 2049’. |
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Post by mecano04 on Jan 5, 2018 22:05:48 GMT
That's China actually has good taste in movies. They loved the Prequels, but rightfully rejected this movie. By that logic, ‘Geostorm’ is better than ‘Blade Runner 2049’. Geostorm was expected to be bad but Blade Runner 2049 is actually subpar. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 5, 2018 22:10:40 GMT
And $10 bet Disney will not alter direction because of it, despite claims that the Chinese box office is so important to them.
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Post by tastytomatoes on Jan 6, 2018 9:30:37 GMT
The Chinese government is very protective of its own movie industry
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Post by darkpast on Jan 7, 2018 0:15:37 GMT
That's China actually has good taste in movies. They loved the Prequels, but rightfully rejected this movie. the prequels never got a big release in China, i don't know that China likes any iteration of Star Wars |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 7, 2018 0:46:56 GMT
Time to reboot I guess.
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Post by darkpast on Jan 7, 2018 1:34:37 GMT
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Post by kuatorises on Jan 7, 2018 3:27:21 GMT
Oh, no. How will the franchise ever survive? I can think of a billion reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 15:31:11 GMT
Last Jedi Opening weekend: 27 million
Force Awakens: 54 million
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Post by medjay on Jan 7, 2018 16:06:07 GMT
The Chinese government is very protective of its own movie industry Not really if we take censorship into account. |
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Post by medjay on Jan 7, 2018 16:09:06 GMT
Oh, no. How will the franchise ever survive? I can think of a billion reasons. Yeah i am wrorried about it in the long term. Thanks Disney. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 18:42:00 GMT
With its screen share already on the wane and Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle coming on Friday, The Last Jedi definitely won't match Force Awakens' $124 million China total, and may not even reach Rogue One's $69 million haul. Both of those films faded fast after their opening frames, and the erosion is likely to be worse for Jedi.
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Post by kuatorises on Jan 7, 2018 21:06:25 GMT
With its screen share already on the wane and Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle coming on Friday, The Last Jedi definitely won't match Force Awakens' $124 million China total, and may not even reach Rogue One's $69 million haul. Both of those films faded fast after their opening frames, and the erosion is likely to be worse for Jedi. No one cares, brah. |
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Post by medjay on Jan 8, 2018 10:12:53 GMT
With its screen share already on the wane and Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle coming on Friday, The Last Jedi definitely won't match Force Awakens' $124 million China total, and may not even reach Rogue One's $69 million haul. Both of those films faded fast after their opening frames, and the erosion is likely to be worse for Jedi. No one cares, brah. I do. I am no one? |
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Jan 8, 2018 10:35:29 GMT
With its screen share already on the wane and Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle coming on Friday, The Last Jedi definitely won't match Force Awakens' $124 million China total, and may not even reach Rogue One's $69 million haul. Both of those films faded fast after their opening frames, and the erosion is likely to be worse for Jedi. No one cares, brah. |
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Post by kuatorises on Jan 8, 2018 14:13:17 GMT
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Post by medjay on Jan 12, 2018 0:43:14 GMT
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Post by nemesis617 on Jan 13, 2018 10:11:57 GMT
I was watching a video on why that happened. It's actually not surprising. The Star Wars franchise just doesn't have the appeal that it does in the states. What is ironic is that some of the biggest domestic box office disappointments e.g. Transformers:The Last Knight and Pirates of the Carribbean:Dead Men Tell no Tales were one of China's highest grossing films of 2017.
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