Terminator 2 earned $204 million from a $33 million Fri-Sun launch in July of 1991. Independence Day earned $100 million in its first six days and $50 million over the Fri-Sun portion in July of 1996 on its way to a $307 million domestic cume. That’s a 6.7x weekend-to-final multiplier, which is still one of the leggier runs for a relative mega-opener over the last 25 years. A film like Terminator 2, Jurassic Park and/or Independence Day was till rare enough to make Phantom Menace an automatic event.Īs such, despite mixed-positive reviews and divisive fan reception, the Lucas-directed The Phantom Menace legged out from a $64 million Fri-Sun/$105 million Wed-Sun domestic debut to $431 million by the end of the summer. And while The Phantom Menace debuted in early May just after The Matrix and The Mummy, films of the scale, size and scope of Star Wars Episode One were still not par for the course. Save for maybe the first two Superman films and Raiders of the Lost Ark, the fantasy tentpole movies that might challenge Star Wars for supremacy ( Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Batman) didn’t arrive until after the trilogy had run its course. As such, the battles might be far more small-scale than the scene he mentioned from Revenge of the Sith.It should be noted that the first three Star Wars movies and The Phantom Menace arrived in theaters when a movie like Star Wars was entirely not the norm. Technically the New Republic is in power, while there are some remnants of the original Empire still operating in darkness. But it also wouldn't necessarily make sense given where things stand in the galaxy during that point in the timeline. While Filoni was careful to keep his cards close to the chest, it sounds like he’d love to do an epic space battle.
This is the movie that I want to see, right here.’ When I saw the opening of Revenge of the Sith and the starfighters came over the bow of the ship and revealed this massive battle, I’m like, ‘This is it. I definitely think a large-scale battle would be very hard to do in our time that we’re doing right now. There’s a treasure of things to draw from, not just within our own series but within the bigger galaxy. He recently spoke with Rotten Tomatoes about that recently announced movie, sharing: Filoni’s upcoming blockbuster sounds like it has the potential to bring back various actors from his live-action shows like The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka. There are currently three Star Wars movies in development, each set during a different part of the franchise’s timeline.
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