Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - A theory

Okay, Pepe...follow me through on this one:

My understanding is that this film takes place prior to Star Wars,

(episode, blah, blah, New Hope, blah, blah...it's Star Wars dammit!)

If that's true, then the main character...whatever her name is...will be killed off in the third Rogue One film. Which will no doubt take place before Return of the Jedi.

If for no other reason than to explain Mon Mothma's dramatic scene, which irked me since I was eleven and saw Jedi for the first time. In. The. Theater.

Monday Movie Roundup...3/14/2016

Is it Monday already Pepe?

Ugh...

Deadpool has reached just under $730.7 million worldwide. That ranks it tenth of all Marvel movies, above Captain America: The Winter Soldier (at $714.4 million) and below X-Men: Days of Future Past (at $747.9 million).

After 38 days.

As for TFA...

$2.058 Billion worldwide, roughly $129 million behind Titanic, which had multiple releases to get to that number...

...cheater...

...and $730 million behind Avatar, which also had multiple releases.

Double cheater. 

I'm going back to bed now...

Monday Movie Roundup...3/7/2016

 Morning Pepe!

 Well, it had to happen.

Deadpool has fallen from the #1 spot (after 4 consecutive weeks) earning a mere $16.4 million domestically over the weekend. The total U.S. gross? Over $311 million, which is at least $91 million more than Green Lantern made...worldwide.

Speaking of worldwide, Deadpool's total is now $673.2 million.

Meanwhile...

TFA has mad $2.052 Billion worldwide. It's still behind Avatar by about $735 million...

...which sucks. 

BUT, it beat Cameron's Crap domestically by $168 million. 

And I'll take that.

Have a good week Pepe!

Monday Movie Roundup...2/8/2016

 Morning Pepe!

Well, it finally happened - 

TFA has broken $2 billion worldwide.

But at $2,008.4 billion, TFA is still third behind Titanic (at $2,186.8), and Avatar (at $2,788) overall, 

...shut up...

despite the fact that here in the States TFA earned more: $906 million versus $760.5 for Avatar and $658.7 for Titanic.

It all comes down to the Foreign market. So far, the international grosses for TFA is $1.102 billion. Titanic had $1.528, and Avatar $2.027. So every person outside the U.S. needs to see TFA at least two more times. Each. 

But there's one other factor in all this that makes things even more interesting...

...time.

Putting aside the fact that both Avatar and Titanic were re-released in theaters,

...cheater...

TFA is in considerable reach of beating both films after only being in theaters over 8 weekends.

You heard me...

Avatar was in theaters for 34 weekends. That's over half a year. Titanic? Even longer (41 weekends). Plus, in terms of weekend gross, TFA has yet to drop below of the top five. 

So yeah, keep standing on the bow of that ship.

'Cause the iceberg is coming...

Have a good week Pepe!

Monday Movie Roundup...2/1/2016

 Hi Pepe!

Well, I'm sorry to report that The Force Awakens has yet to break $2 billion worldwide ($1,983,560,846 after 45 days, according to Box Office Mojo).

Maybe taking it out of theaters now and then re-releasing it in "special theaters" over the summer will do the trick?

It's worked before...

Have a good week Pepe! 

And don't forget what's coming out later this month - 

Will it beat Green Lantern's $219.8 million worldwide???

Could it beat X-Men Origins: Wolverine's $373 million worldwide???

Should it beat Blade: Trinity's $128.9 million worldwide???

Time will tell...but it would be SWEET!!!

Monday Movie Roundup...1/25/2016

Hola Pepe!

It's getting closer, but that $2 billion spot is still out of reach.

But, TFA been out 38 days and has yet to leave the top ten grossing films of a given weekend. It's at $1.9 billion right now, and I'm surprised to see that the U.S. only makes up 45.7% of that, with $879 million. Of the rest of the world, the United Kingdom brought in the most ($173 million) which doesn't surprise me that much. But in second place (with $114.2 million)? China. 

That's right. China. That surprises me.

Germany's third, with $103.5 million. France contributed $85 million, and Japan rounds out the top 5 with $80 million. Even the UAE got into it, giving up just shy of $6 million to the cause. 

Let's face it - The Force is Strong!

Have a good week all...

Monday Movie Roundup...12/21/2015

You knew this was coming...

...so how'd it do?

Well, it made about $517 million worldwide.

But let's take a look at the franchise as a whole:

At $517 million, The Force Awakens has already made more than Empire and Jedi did in their entire runs ($457.3 million and $418.4 million respectively). Now for some bad news...

Phantom Menace is still the franchise's top money-maker, with $983.6 million worldwide.

I know Vizzini, I know...

But if my math is right, Force Awakens is only about $466.6 million away from taking the crown away from that atrocity to all mankind - and it hasn't even been out seven days yet.

On a side note, I had no idea the guy who plays Poe, Oscar Isaac, is playing Apocalypse in the next X-Men film. Holy Crap!

And another thing...

I did my best to stay in the dark regarding film details, and I did a pretty good job of it. So I had no idea that was coming when I stepped into the theater. But as that scene progressed, I knew it was going to happen. 

Still think it sucked.

Have a good week everybody!