Star Wars Universe Thread: May The 4th Be With You
silverbackhoney
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I just want Avatar out of that top spot, feels like they cheated their way to it with a slightly above average movie that had 40 dollar tickets because of rejuvenated IMAX 3D
- Sep 1, 2008
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Yo avatar was awesome in IMAX 3D
- Jan 8, 2006
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Avatar was not awesome in any format
- Jun 1, 2007
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I tried to watch it a few times, but it was terrible IMO.
- Sep 1, 2008
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I don't see how riding that big turkey, the mech suit vs Gamora, flying scenes, the big war at the end was not awesome.
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Avatar was legit as hell in IMAX 3D. IDK if the story was Pocahontas x Ferngully in Space. Joint was beautiful.
everysingletime
formerly amel223
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2 bil sure, easily. More than that, maybe.
But to add a whole billion is going to be harder than you think.
To get to 2.8, Avatar had tons and tons and tons of repeat viewers.
But to add a whole billion is going to be harder than you think.
To get to 2.8, Avatar had tons and tons and tons of repeat viewers.
- Nov 20, 2007
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Avatar was pure trash.
I enjoyed any one of the prequel movies more.
I enjoyed any one of the prequel movies more.
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What the hell you think Star Wars is doing?
I got people coming out of the movie, getting into another line.
We have people in here on their 3rd and 4th viewings.
I'm going to my 3rd this weekend.
It's been out 13 days.
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i didn't care for avatar either
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Was Avatar the first movie to take full-adv of IMAX 3D?
As a movie, it was just ok... a bit overrated IMO.
As a movie, it was just ok... a bit overrated IMO.
- Apr 1, 2014
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anyone see TFA in 3d? was it worth it?
I have already seen it but I am taking my son to see it again and want to know whether to go see it in 2d again but EVX or pay extra for the 3d.
TIA
I have already seen it but I am taking my son to see it again and want to know whether to go see it in 2d again but EVX or pay extra for the 3d.
TIA
Film is already 10th, All Time, worldwide. 10th. It's been out less than 2 weeks. 
And it hasn't opened in China yet, the #2 movie market on the planet. And it's 10th.
I mean........
It's at 575+ million US
It's at 589+ million International
China should get it another 500+ when it reaches there.
And the film doesn't have to be pulled outta theaters til March-April.
Not to mention, some countries (like the UK) had their theaters closed for full days for the holidays.
It's possible it will reach 1.5 billion before it hits China, and then it will FLY past 2 Billion. After that, it has the rest of January, February, and March to inch along another billion. Considering it brings in 2+ in 3 weeks, I think it can manage another 1 bil in 3 months.
We'll see real soon.
And it hasn't opened in China yet, the #2 movie market on the planet. And it's 10th.
I mean........
It's at 575+ million US
It's at 589+ million International
China should get it another 500+ when it reaches there.
And the film doesn't have to be pulled outta theaters til March-April.
Not to mention, some countries (like the UK) had their theaters closed for full days for the holidays.
It's possible it will reach 1.5 billion before it hits China, and then it will FLY past 2 Billion. After that, it has the rest of January, February, and March to inch along another billion. Considering it brings in 2+ in 3 weeks, I think it can manage another 1 bil in 3 months.
We'll see real soon.
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I saw it in 3D Saturday, there was really only 1 really cool part, that had people reaching their hands up in the air for a moment. Outside that, it didn't do a whole lot for me. Still enjoyable, but not sure it was worth the extra money.
I'm going to try and hit the IMAX screen this weekend if I can. So I'll have 2D, 3D, and IMAX and see it every which way I can.
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I saw it in 3D. It's pretty cool, but I've never thought 3D was ever worth the price personally. There are some cool scenes that stick out. I'm sure your son will enjoy it.
- Apr 18, 2014
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2D IMAX is an option where you're at? Can't find a theater anywhere around me that still does that. Only options are Standard 2D or IMAX 3D.I saw it in 3D Saturday, there was really only 1 really cool part, that had people reaching their hands up in the air for a moment. Outside that, it didn't do a whole lot for me. Still enjoyable, but not sure it was worth the extra money.
I'm going to try and hit the IMAX screen this weekend if I can. So I'll have 2D, 3D, and IMAX and see it every which way I can.
Is this good?
Worldwide
UK, Ireland, and Malta
Records elsewhere
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Worldwide
US and Canada
Fastest to $100, $150, $200, $250, $300, $350, $400, $450, $500, and $550 million – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 days respectively.[8]
Biggest opening weekend and single weekend gross – $247.97 million.[9]
Biggest opening day and single day gross – $119.1 million.[1[11] It was the first film to gross over $100 million in a single day.[1
Biggest opening week (Friday-Thursday) – $391.5 million[13][14] It was the first film to earn more than $300 million in a single week.[13]
Biggest second weekend – $149.2 million[15]
Biggest IMAX single day pre-sales – $6.5 million.[16]
Biggest overall pre-sales – $100+ million.[17][18][19]
Biggest Thursday night previews – $57 million.[2
Biggest Thursday night IMAX previews – $5.7 million.[2
Widest IMAX release – 392 IMAX theaters.[24]
Widest December release – 4,134 theaters.[24]
Widest 3D release – 3,300 theaters.[24]
Biggest Friday gross – $119.1 million.[25]
Biggest December opening/single day gross – $119.1 million.[26]
Biggest Friday to Saturday drop – $50.83 million.[27] However, in percentage terms, the film dropped 43%, which was far from The Ringer's wide release record of 72%.[28]
Biggest Sunday gross – $60.5 million.[29]
Biggest Holiday opening weekend – $247.97 million.[3
Biggest PG-13 rated opening weekend – $247.97 million.[31]
Biggest December opening weekend – $247.97 million.[32] It was the first film to gross more than $100 million in a December opening weekend.[32]
Biggest opening weekend of 2015 – $247.97 million.[9]
Biggest opening weekend in the Star Wars franchise – $247.97 million.[33]
Biggest IMAX opening weekend – $30.1 million.[34]
Biggest RealD 3D opening weekend – $78 million.[35] The previous record was jointly held by Marvel's The Avengers and Jurassic World, as both earned $70 million.[36]
Biggest weekend per-theater average for a wide release – $59,982 per theater.[37]
Largest amount of tickets sold in an opening weekend (adjusted for inflation) – 28.8 million tickets.[38]
Biggest share of weekend tickets sales on Fandango – 37% of the film's $247.97 million opening.[39]
Number one film of the highest-grossing single aggregated weekend – $313 million.[4
Biggest gap between first and second highest grossing films in a weekend – $233.7 million over Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (December 18–20).[42]
Biggest three-day gross at a single U.S. location – $715,010 at Pacific's Arclight Hollywood.[43]
Biggest Monday gross – $40.1 million.[44][45] This broke the $27.7 million Monday record held for over ten years by Spider-Man 2 (2004), which if adjusted for inflation amounts to $37 million in 2015 dollars. It also broke the record for the biggest non-holiday Monday gross.[46]
The film dropped 33.8% from Sunday to Monday and is tied with Avatar for the smallest drop of all time during that period of time.[47]
Biggest Tuesday gross – $37.3 million.[5
Biggest non-opening Wednesday gross – $38.1 million.[53][54] This broke the record for largest non-Wednesday opening gross held by Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($37 million). However, The Force Awakens ranked sixth in terms of single Wednesday gross behind Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($68 million) and five other films that opened on a Wednesday.[55]
Biggest non-opening Friday gross – $49.33 million.[56] This broke Revenge of the Sith's former record of $43.6 million, which the latter film grossed in its second day of release.[56] The Force Awakens achieved this feat in its second week of release, breaking The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 's former record ($31 million over the 2013 Thanksgiving weekend) for the biggest second Friday.[57]
Biggest non-opening weekend Saturday and Sunday gross - $56.73 million and $43.15 million, respectively.[58]
Biggest Christmas day pre-sales on Fandango. It broke the record previously held by Les Misérables and Django Unchained in 2012.[59]
Biggest pre-sales in Canada.[6
On Friday, December 25, 2015, it surpassed Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to become the highest-grossing Star Wars film unadjusted for inflation.
Biggest Christmas Eve gross – $27.1 million.[14] This broke Avatar 's former record of $11.2 million.[14]
Biggest Christmas Day gross – $49.3 million.[61][62] This broke Sherlock Holmes ' former record of $24.6 million in 2009.[61]
Biggest 3-day, 4-day, 5-day, 6-day, 7-day, 8-day, 9-day, and 10-day opening gross.[63]
Highest grossing Star Wars film, surpassing the $431.9 million gross of the The Phantom Menace.[33]
Biggest second Saturday gross - $56.7 million, surpassing The Avengers ($42.9 million on 12 May 2012).
Biggest second Sunday gross - $43.15 million, surpassing Jurassic World ($38.36 million on 21 June 2015).
Biggest second Monday gross - $31.4 million, surpassing Shrek 2 ($23.4 million on 31 May 2004).
UK, Ireland, and Malta
Biggest opening weekend – £34 million ($50.6 million).[64] The $50.6 million record is based on a 4-day total. In terms of all-time opening weekend – irrespective of the number of days – Spectre holds the record with $63.7 million in its 7 day opening (including Monday previews).[65]
Biggest three-day opening weekend – £24.33 million ($36.2 million).[66] This broke the former record of £23.75 million ($35.3 million) achieved by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in July 2011.[66]
Biggest opening and single day gross – £9.68 million ($14.3 million).[67] This includes revenues generated from 12.01 am previews on Wednesday night.[66]
Biggest advance ticket sales – 2 million.[68][69]
Biggest midnight gross – £2.4 million ($3.6 million).[67]
Biggest opening weekend of 2015 – $50.6 million.[64]
Biggest Disney opening weekend – $50.6 million.[64]
Biggest share of weekend gross – 83% of the weekend's total gross.[66]
Biggest Saturday gross – £8.71 million ($12.9 million).[66]
Biggest Sunday gross – £8.58 million ($12.7 million).[66]
Biggest Monday gross – £5.83 million ($8.6 million).[66][7
Fastest film to reach £50 million ($74.3 million) – 6 days.[71] It grossed a total of $76.5 million in the said period.[71]
Biggest 7 day/1 week gross – £55.8 million ($82.9 million).[72]
Biggest Boxing Day gross.[1]
Records elsewhere
Biggest opening weekend of all time – Australia ($19.6 million), Russia, Germany ($27.5 million), Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Poland (3-day), Denmark (5-day), Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Serbia and New Zealand.[64]
Biggest opening day of all time – Germany ($7.1 million), Australia ($6.8 million), Sweden ($1.7 million), Norway ($1.7 million), Brazil, New Zealand, Belgium ($800,000), Finland ($600,000), Netherlands ($800,000), French-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia, Iceland, Serbia, Chile, Peru, Poland and Hungary.[73][74]
Biggest single day – Germany ($7.1 million), Sweden ($1.7 million), Norway ($1.1 million), Hungary and Iceland.[73]
Biggest pre-sales in Germany.[75]
Biggest opening day for Disney – France, Denmark, South Africa, Czech Republic, Turkey and Serbia.[73]
Biggest December opening day – Mexico ($3.4 million), Italy ($3.1 million), Argentina, France, Spain, Russia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.[73][74]
Biggest IMAX opening day – Australia, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Turkey, Portugal, Qatar, UAE, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, Costa Rica, and Trinidad.[73]
Biggest Monday gross – Denmark, Finland, France, Norway and Ukraine.[7
Biggest second weekend gross in Australia.[1]
Fastest film to reach 5 million admission in France.[1]
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We get it CP, TFA is raising up the all-time list pretty fast.
This isn't really anything new. Since 2000 on we've seen several movies repeat this phenomena.
Avengers AOU just rose crazy high as well. Your beloved FF franchise. Both those came out this year. Oh and let me not forget Jurassic World too.
Yall should expect more of this from good movie franchises. Records are meant to be broken.
This isn't really anything new. Since 2000 on we've seen several movies repeat this phenomena.
Avengers AOU just rose crazy high as well. Your beloved FF franchise. Both those came out this year. Oh and let me not forget Jurassic World too.
Yall should expect more of this from good movie franchises. Records are meant to be broken.
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Is this good?
Worldwide
US and Canada
Fastest to $100, $150, $200, $250, $300, $350, $400, $450, $500, and $550 million – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 days respectively.[8]
Biggest opening weekend and single weekend gross – $247.97 million.[9]
Biggest opening day and single day gross – $119.1 million.[1
Biggest opening week (Friday-Thursday) – $391.5 million[13][14] It was the first film to earn more than $300 million in a single week.[13]
Biggest second weekend – $149.2 million[15]
Biggest IMAX single day pre-sales – $6.5 million.[16]
Biggest overall pre-sales – $100+ million.[17][18][19]
Biggest Thursday night previews – $57 million.[2
Biggest Thursday night IMAX previews – $5.7 million.[2
Widest IMAX release – 392 IMAX theaters.[24]
Widest December release – 4,134 theaters.[24]
Widest 3D release – 3,300 theaters.[24]
Biggest Friday gross – $119.1 million.[25]
Biggest December opening/single day gross – $119.1 million.[26]
Biggest Friday to Saturday drop – $50.83 million.[27] However, in percentage terms, the film dropped 43%, which was far from The Ringer's wide release record of 72%.[28]
Biggest Sunday gross – $60.5 million.[29]
Biggest Holiday opening weekend – $247.97 million.[3
Biggest PG-13 rated opening weekend – $247.97 million.[31]
Biggest December opening weekend – $247.97 million.[32] It was the first film to gross more than $100 million in a December opening weekend.[32]
Biggest opening weekend of 2015 – $247.97 million.[9]
Biggest opening weekend in the Star Wars franchise – $247.97 million.[33]
Biggest IMAX opening weekend – $30.1 million.[34]
Biggest RealD 3D opening weekend – $78 million.[35] The previous record was jointly held by Marvel's The Avengers and Jurassic World, as both earned $70 million.[36]
Biggest weekend per-theater average for a wide release – $59,982 per theater.[37]
Largest amount of tickets sold in an opening weekend (adjusted for inflation) – 28.8 million tickets.[38]
Biggest share of weekend tickets sales on Fandango – 37% of the film's $247.97 million opening.[39]
Number one film of the highest-grossing single aggregated weekend – $313 million.[4
Biggest gap between first and second highest grossing films in a weekend – $233.7 million over Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (December 18–20).[42]
Biggest three-day gross at a single U.S. location – $715,010 at Pacific's Arclight Hollywood.[43]
Biggest Monday gross – $40.1 million.[44][45] This broke the $27.7 million Monday record held for over ten years by Spider-Man 2 (2004), which if adjusted for inflation amounts to $37 million in 2015 dollars. It also broke the record for the biggest non-holiday Monday gross.[46]
The film dropped 33.8% from Sunday to Monday and is tied with Avatar for the smallest drop of all time during that period of time.[47]
Biggest Tuesday gross – $37.3 million.[5
Biggest non-opening Wednesday gross – $38.1 million.[53][54] This broke the record for largest non-Wednesday opening gross held by Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($37 million). However, The Force Awakens ranked sixth in terms of single Wednesday gross behind Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($68 million) and five other films that opened on a Wednesday.[55]
Biggest non-opening Friday gross – $49.33 million.[56] This broke Revenge of the Sith's former record of $43.6 million, which the latter film grossed in its second day of release.[56] The Force Awakens achieved this feat in its second week of release, breaking The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 's former record ($31 million over the 2013 Thanksgiving weekend) for the biggest second Friday.[57]
Biggest non-opening weekend Saturday and Sunday gross - $56.73 million and $43.15 million, respectively.[58]
Biggest Christmas day pre-sales on Fandango. It broke the record previously held by Les Misérables and Django Unchained in 2012.[59]
Biggest pre-sales in Canada.[6
On Friday, December 25, 2015, it surpassed Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to become the highest-grossing Star Wars film unadjusted for inflation.
Biggest Christmas Eve gross – $27.1 million.[14] This broke Avatar 's former record of $11.2 million.[14]
Biggest Christmas Day gross – $49.3 million.[61][62] This broke Sherlock Holmes ' former record of $24.6 million in 2009.[61]
Biggest 3-day, 4-day, 5-day, 6-day, 7-day, 8-day, 9-day, and 10-day opening gross.[63]
Highest grossing Star Wars film, surpassing the $431.9 million gross of the The Phantom Menace.[33]
Biggest second Saturday gross - $56.7 million, surpassing The Avengers ($42.9 million on 12 May 2012).
Biggest second Sunday gross - $43.15 million, surpassing Jurassic World ($38.36 million on 21 June 2015).
Biggest second Monday gross - $31.4 million, surpassing Shrek 2 ($23.4 million on 31 May 2004).
UK, Ireland, and Malta
Biggest opening weekend – £34 million ($50.6 million).[64] The $50.6 million record is based on a 4-day total. In terms of all-time opening weekend – irrespective of the number of days – Spectre holds the record with $63.7 million in its 7 day opening (including Monday previews).[65]
Biggest three-day opening weekend – £24.33 million ($36.2 million).[66] This broke the former record of £23.75 million ($35.3 million) achieved by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in July 2011.[66]
Biggest opening and single day gross – £9.68 million ($14.3 million).[67] This includes revenues generated from 12.01 am previews on Wednesday night.[66]
Biggest advance ticket sales – 2 million.[68][69]
Biggest midnight gross – £2.4 million ($3.6 million).[67]
Biggest opening weekend of 2015 – $50.6 million.[64]
Biggest Disney opening weekend – $50.6 million.[64]
Biggest share of weekend gross – 83% of the weekend's total gross.[66]
Biggest Saturday gross – £8.71 million ($12.9 million).[66]
Biggest Sunday gross – £8.58 million ($12.7 million).[66]
Biggest Monday gross – £5.83 million ($8.6 million).[66][7
Fastest film to reach £50 million ($74.3 million) – 6 days.[71] It grossed a total of $76.5 million in the said period.[71]
Biggest 7 day/1 week gross – £55.8 million ($82.9 million).[72]
Biggest Boxing Day gross.[1]
Records elsewhere
Biggest opening weekend of all time – Australia ($19.6 million), Russia, Germany ($27.5 million), Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Poland (3-day), Denmark (5-day), Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Serbia and New Zealand.[64]
Biggest opening day of all time – Germany ($7.1 million), Australia ($6.8 million), Sweden ($1.7 million), Norway ($1.7 million), Brazil, New Zealand, Belgium ($800,000), Finland ($600,000), Netherlands ($800,000), French-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia, Iceland, Serbia, Chile, Peru, Poland and Hungary.[73][74]
Biggest single day – Germany ($7.1 million), Sweden ($1.7 million), Norway ($1.1 million), Hungary and Iceland.[73]
Biggest pre-sales in Germany.[75]
Biggest opening day for Disney – France, Denmark, South Africa, Czech Republic, Turkey and Serbia.[73]
Biggest December opening day – Mexico ($3.4 million), Italy ($3.1 million), Argentina, France, Spain, Russia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.[73][74]
Biggest IMAX opening day – Australia, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Turkey, Portugal, Qatar, UAE, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, Costa Rica, and Trinidad.[73]
Biggest Monday gross – Denmark, Finland, France, Norway and Ukraine.[7
Biggest second weekend gross in Australia.[1]
Fastest film to reach 5 million admission in France.[1]
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Can you put all that in a bar graph?
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Going to my 5th showing tonight
Taking the in-laws
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I think Luke/Plagueis(Snoke) had a battle and while that's going on Kylo and the Knights of Ren demolish the rest of the padawans. Rey is there, but since Kylo stuggles with the pull of the light side, spares her, wipes her mind and drops her off on Jakku. Those two battles happen in two different locations..
When Luke gets back, he sees the destruction (the scene where he puts his hand on R2). He then assumes Rey is dead and goes away because he's failed..
The last scene shows Luke standing what looks to be a grave. I think that's his makeshift grave for Rey. That would explain the tears and shock on his face at the sight of Rey.
The reason I'm pretty sure Snoke is Plagueis is because they share the exact same character song. "Snoke" on TFA soundtrack and "Palpatine's Teachings" on Ep. III soundtrack.
Plus they refer to Snoke as "wise" in the movie.
Taking the in-laws
I know you guys have talked about theories but I'm not going back 700 replies
I think Luke/Plagueis(Snoke) had a battle and while that's going on Kylo and the Knights of Ren demolish the rest of the padawans. Rey is there, but since Kylo stuggles with the pull of the light side, spares her, wipes her mind and drops her off on Jakku. Those two battles happen in two different locations..
When Luke gets back, he sees the destruction (the scene where he puts his hand on R2). He then assumes Rey is dead and goes away because he's failed..
The last scene shows Luke standing what looks to be a grave. I think that's his makeshift grave for Rey. That would explain the tears and shock on his face at the sight of Rey.
The reason I'm pretty sure Snoke is Plagueis is because they share the exact same character song. "Snoke" on TFA soundtrack and "Palpatine's Teachings" on Ep. III soundtrack.
Plus they refer to Snoke as "wise" in the movie.
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That isn't my point.
My point was 1 bil Domestic, and 3 worldwide. Numbers never seen before, ever.
I don't care about the "fastest to __" stuff, I'm only using that cuz that's all we have right now with some countries still not showing it yet, we don't have full totals to use, only to this point, etc.
In the end tho, 1 and 3 were what I predicted when I said IF the movie was good, it would not be stopped. JJ nailed it, and now it's showing. And I'm happy to knock Avatar the **** outta here.
My point was 1 bil Domestic, and 3 worldwide. Numbers never seen before, ever.
I don't care about the "fastest to __" stuff, I'm only using that cuz that's all we have right now with some countries still not showing it yet, we don't have full totals to use, only to this point, etc.
In the end tho, 1 and 3 were what I predicted when I said IF the movie was good, it would not be stopped. JJ nailed it, and now it's showing. And I'm happy to knock Avatar the **** outta here.
9th Wonder
formerly 9thwonder23kid
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Is Abrams doing episode 8 and 9 as well?
