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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn
I get that people want this to fail. I mean, I don't get it, but I GET IT. But the movie made 1.2 billion dollars on a 200 million dollar budget. I get that that's before marketing, etc, but that's also before merch/blu ray sales, too.
This movie was never going to make as much as The Force Awakens. And Disney/Lucasfilm has acknowledged that. I just don't understand how this movie is a "failure" by any conceivable rubric. It was the highest grossing film of 2017. It wasn't eve going to make TFA numbers and it didn't. But it was a staggering success.
Without all the condescending remarks and down-talking, can someone please, in plane, simple language, explain to me why this is a "bomb"?
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/.../#344832ee3f45
Do you have a link showing before the release that they expected this to fall short of TFA? I personally expected the return of Luke ****ing Skywalker to boost it past TFA.. at least equal it.