DeNiro Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 It's a gold mine, they have no choice. Even from a soulless, corporate point of view, Disney is stupid good at making money, and they will never make back the $4B they dropped today unless they put out great movies. Your average Star Wars fan is going to have mixed feelings about this, but I imagine that if the trailer for VII looks great, everyone will give it a try. If they drop a massive deuce on the franchise with VII, no one will come for VIII. It'll just be labeled the piece of corporate trash that everyone was worried it would be and Disney will end up eating a ton of money. They're too smart not to realize that, they wouldn't have spent that much if they weren't expecting on making three or four times that back on the franchise, and they'll never do it without making, to start, a successful Star Wars VII. Or they could release the original, un-messed-with Trilogy on Blu-Ray. That's probably going to bring in a quick half billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Definitely great points. I don't know if they make it all back without being successful with the new movies, but it is unlikely that they'd take a complete loss, all things considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus099 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 lol 4.5 billion...can't imagine how much money they're going to lose on this, episode 7 is not going to gross anywhere near enough for them to make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 lol 4.5 billion...can't imagine how much money they're going to lose on this, episode 7 is not going to gross anywhere near enough for them to make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 lol 4.5 billion...can't imagine how much money they're going to lose on this, episode 7 is not going to gross anywhere near enough for them to make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleman26 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 It sounds harsh, but I honestly think taking Lucas out of the director's chair is a good thing. I wonder how much control he'll actually have for the new movies though. A consultant can have many varying degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 There are several character that Star War 7 must involve along with the crew of the new one. Without those famous old character, it no longer Star Wars.......a mix of new and old should be what Star War 7 about and the threat that is being pose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Light Racicot Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Honesly what's wrong with episode 7? If Arnold is that old and gonna make a new Conan the Barbarian why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I just hope it's good enough to make everyone forgot about episodes 1, 2, and 3. Then people can just buy the boxset of episodes 4-9, and forget that the first three ever happened. But anyways, to put things in perspective. Episode 1 had a budget of 115 million, and made 500 million at the box office. That doesn't even include DVD sales. And that was the worst one out of the bunch. So if you assume Disney is going to go big, and they likely will. Let's say they spend 350 million on it, they'll likely make at least 1.5 billion just at the box office, even if it is a piece of crap like episode 1. But it will probably be closer to 3 billion if they do a good job on it. I don't think they'll have any problem making money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLahey Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Does this make Princess Leia a Disney princess now?!111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBUTANS Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 So many damn crybabies in here. If you do not want episode 7, DO NOT WATCH IT! If you do not want the extended editions, DO NOT WATCH IT! It's easy right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 So many damn crybabies in here. If you do not want episode 7, DO NOT WATCH IT! If you do not want the extended editions, DO NOT WATCH IT! It's easy right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus099 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 You must have missed the part where it said they're doing 8 and 9 as well. Plus they're going to release a new one every couple years after that. Plus like others have said, Lucas Film owns other creative properties that make a ton of money. They're going big with this. Like Avatar big. They'll spend 400 million dollars on this thing, and probably make their money back 10 fold when all is said and done. One thing that the Star Wars franchise has over avatar is that 1) it is already ingrained in popular culture, and 2) the merchandising and licensing oportunities will be through the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBUTANS Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 lol 4.5 billion...can't imagine how much money they're going to lose on this, episode 7 is not going to gross anywhere near enough for them to make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBUTANS Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 If you don't want to post anything useful in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think it's a very useful suggestion, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus099 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I'm already hearing rumours that Disney is going to bring Jar-Jar Binks back into it, if this is confirmed that's enough to make me not want to watch it right there lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleman26 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 that's assuming people will still be as into star wars as they were before the complete garbage that were episodes 1 and 2, episode 3 somewhat made up for it but they really are all complete garbage compared to 4, 5 and 6. they'll need to do a good job with 7 or nobody will even care about 8 and 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLahey Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think it's a very useful suggestion, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoaltenderInterference Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 "I've got a bad feeling about this." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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