Made more than a billion dollars

>Made more than a billion dollars
>Sup Forums calls it a failure
When will manchildren finally admit that they lost?

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For fuck's sake, for the millionth time nobody is saying it's a bomb. Any movie that makes over a billion in today's economic climate is, by all
accounts, a success.

It IS, however, completely under expectations (under even the most modest of expectations, actually) and that's what people are riffing on. TFA made 2 billion, and pre-release tracking had TLJ pegged to make anything between 1.6 and 1.8 billion. In reality, due to poor word of mouth it only made 1.3 billion, an astronomical drop, and is now being consistently beaten by fucking JUMANJI, a mediocre reboot of a 90s movie.

Anyone that thinks Disney is not even mildly concerned by this performance is kidding themselves, and with declining toy sales and the shitshow Solo on the horizon, the franchise is on the brink of jeopardy.

>Anyone that thinks Disney is not even mildly concerned by this performance is kidding themselves
There is no evidence of that. At all.
>and with declining toy sales
A delusion.
>shitshow Solo
You wish. It will make a billion too.

Actually conservative and low estimates were about 1.8 to 1.9. They hoped for more than that. It’s even bleaker than you think.

>a delusion

comicbook.com/starwars/2018/01/18/star-wars-the-last-jedi-toys-drop-disappointment/

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-18/-star-wars-toy-sales-fall-in-2017-as-movie-tie-fatigue-sets-in

hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-last-jedi-toy-shipments-down-sharply-force-awakens-1069479

It's right there in fucking writing.

>Become assblasted that a new movie in a surprise hit franchise only made 1.4b compared to 1.5b
>Complete restructuring as a result
>But they're perfectly fine with a franchise they spent 4b having a mainline movie not only making 700m less than the previous movie, but completelytanking toy sales as well
okay bruh

>due to poor word of mouth it only made 1.3 billion, an astronomical drop, and is now being consistently beaten by fucking JUMANJI
yeah,but jumanji was a great dumb flick.
TLJ is bad in every aspect besides muh lazors.

They literally fired Whedon from Avengers because it didn't meet expectations and had poor word of mouth even though it broke a billion too.

>will make a billion too
Oh boy, I can't wait to see that happen when it hasn't even had a fucking minute of footage released when it comes out in four months and has Deadpool 2 coming out the weekend after.

It's a flop when you consider the context of how it follows a four billion investment and the brand damage it caused.

>They literally fired Whedon from Avengers
I'm sure it will happen to Rian too. It's not like he only recently gave interviews about his new trilogy, and is actively tweeting about TLJ.
Oh wait, it actually happened.

Okay, surely Kathleen is getting sacked any day now! Wait, that's not happening either? Strange!