Will AOTC 3D (2013) bomb?

[Mach5]

We already had a similar thread about TPM here.

In the end, all of us turned out a tad too optimistic, considering that TPM 3D, while it certainly didn't fail at the box office, didn't exactly impress either.

Attack of the Clones 3D seems like a sure thing now, and I'm curious to know how many of you good folks actually plan on paying big bucks to see it (in February 2013, or whenever it eventually comes out).

 

[Starbreaker]

$86 million gross so far of a decade old movie that everyone has already seen. AOTC will probably do about the same.

 

[Jax]

$86 million gross so far of a decade old movie that everyone has already seen

That is good for a re-release really and am sure its still to be rolled out in some other regions still. ATOC will make the least and ROTS will probably make the most out of the Prequel 3D conversions though I will see none due to I've seen the movies already and 3-D prices are too high IMO.

 

[trekkiebaggio]

I was tempted to see TPM but in the end I didn't. The only two I really want to see in 3D are ROTS and ANH, so I doubt I'll go see AOTC but I'm not dead set against it.

 

[CmdrAJD]

Since my son was too young to see any of the movies on the big screen, I'll be taking him to all of them (At least the prequels. I don't know if he'll want to see the original trilogy on the big screen. I hope he does.). Based on the showing of TPM I went to, a lot of dads are doing the same with their kids. It was surprisingly packed. We'll see if that continues for AOTC.

 

[the G-man]

Since my son was too young to see any of the movies on the big screen, I'll be taking him to all of them (At least the prequels. I don't know if he'll want to see the original trilogy on the big screen...)

What kind of sick, twisted, family do you live where someone would prefer to see the prequels on the big screen and not the OT?

 

[Set Harth]

Will AOTC 3D ignore The Last Stand?

 

[CmdrAJD]

Since my son was too young to see any of the movies on the big screen, I'll be taking him to all of them (At least the prequels. I don't know if he'll want to see the original trilogy on the big screen...)

What kind of sick, twisted, family do you live where someone would prefer to see the prequels on the big screen and not the OT?

You're telling me. Every time he asks for clone troopers and battle droids for his birthday or Christmas, it breaks my heart a little and makes me wonder where I went wrong as a father.

 

[BillJ]

Since my son was too young to see any of the movies on the big screen, I'll be taking him to all of them (At least the prequels. I don't know if he'll want to see the original trilogy on the big screen...)

What kind of sick, twisted, family do you live where someone would prefer to see the prequels on the big screen and not the OT?

You're telling me. Every time he asks for clone troopers and battle droids for his birthday or Christmas, it breaks my heart a little and makes me wonder where I went wrong as a father.

Join the club.

 

[Tom]

$86 million gross so far of a decade old movie that everyone has already seen. AOTC will probably do about the same.

It may not though, when you consider that a lot of sales were a curiosity factor to see how Star Wars would look in 3D. Now that they know how it looks they may not be as interested in AOTC.

 

[Ethros]

Can't wait for the usual boring diluge of "ooh George Lucas has already got enough off of me" posts. Like he's forcing you at gunpoint to go see it.



As for the question, no, it won't "bomb." And yes, I'll go see it. I like Star Wars. Big deal.

 

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

You could spin it both ways.

It's a lot of money for a rerelease of a 1999 movie.

OTOH, when the OT was rereleased in theaters in 97 (?), they made hundreds of millions of dollars each, much more than TPM, and that's not counting inflation and lacking the 'oooh 3D' newness of it. This speaks I think to a lack of enthusiasm for the prequels (i know, duhhh).

Anyways I think it'll do slightly better than TPM. I find that for those without "nerd memory", AOTC feels like the most forgettable prequel, which I think will spur some people to watch it to remember what the hell it was about.

 

[The Fatman]

Honestly, I will probably buy a ticket, but I doubt I'm going to sit through it... AOTC is the only of the 6 films I actively dislike. I would say that I'll be skipping this one altogether, but I am legitimately concerned that if the conversions stop making money, or don't make enough money, he will stop releasing them before getting to the OT.

 

[Gaith]

Gimme one good reason why I should pay to see AOTC 3D -

Oh.

Okay, gimme another.



... Ha! I thought not! Nothing doing, George!

 

[cooleddie74]

It's my least favorite SW film by a country mile...but the prospect of seeing all those killer battle effects in 3-D has me tempted to go. I saw TPM 3-D so I might as well see Episode III...unless 3-D ticket prices skyrocket in the next eleven or twelve months, in which case forget it. The 3-D experience can be cool, but is worth only so much money.

 

[Mike Farley]

OTOH, when the OT was rereleased in theaters in 97 (?), they made hundreds of millions of dollars each, much more than TPM, and that's not counting inflation and lacking the 'oooh 3D' newness of it.

No they didn't. STAR WARS made $138 million, Empire $67 million, and Jedi $45 million.

link

 

[clint g]

I'll probably give it a go, if I can find a theater with cheap prices

 

[Hound of UIster]

It's my least favorite SW film by a country mile...but the prospect of seeing all those killer battle effects in 3-D has me tempted to go. I saw TPM 3-D so I might as well see Episode III...unless 3-D ticket prices skyrocket in the next eleven or twelve months, in which case forget it. The 3-D experience can be cool, but is worth only so much money.

Seriously, how could AOTC be worse than TPM with Jake Lloyd and Jar Jar Binks?

 

[23skidoo]

I voted an emphatic No. Even if I were a supporter of 3-D (which I am not) I would not be a supporter of retrofitting old movies, any more than I supported colorization (which I did not).

If Lucas wants to Make Star Wars VII in 3-D, then fine. But leave the old films alone.

Above and beyond all of that, I wouldn't pay to see AOTC in 3-D because, frankly, I thought it sucked. Indeed I was so turned off by preview footage of the cast that it was the only Star Wars film I never bothered to go see in the theatre (and I nearly walked out of Revenge of the Sith). When I saw the DVD later I felt justified. Portman looks great but gives her worst performance ever, and the less said about the other guy, the better. Only saving graces were Portman's white catsuit and the campy lightsabre fight between the CGI'd Yoda and Christopher Lee.

As to the question will it bomb - are there enough teenagers and children out there who even know what Star Wars is? I'm serious. I'm already seeing signs that some of today's youth have already started to forget Harry Potter. Star Wars fans alone might not be enough to make AOTC 3-D a hit; if today's kids don't care, then it won't fly. Ditto Phantom Menace 3-D.

Alex

 

[davejames]

Seriously, how could AOTC be worse than TPM with Jake Lloyd and Jar Jar Binks?

Agreed. I'm definitely no fan of the prequels, but I still thought AOTC was a vast improvement over TPM. It was darker and faster-paced, had far fewer annoying CG characters, and had a lot more going on plot-wise.

TPM was just slow and dull and lifeless as can be.