STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Approaches #11 Spot On All-Time Highest Grossing List, But Flops In China

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Approaches #11 Spot On All-Time Highest Grossing List, But Flops In China

Alhough Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now closing in on Furious 8's spot on the all-time highest grossing movies list, the Rian Johnson-helmed space adventure has failed to make any kind of impact in China.

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By MarkCassidy - Jan 12, 2018 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
The Friday box office updates for Star Wars: The Last Jedi are in, and it looks like the latest journey to the galaxy far, far away is poised to become one of the 10 highest-grossing movie of all time.

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As it stands, Rian Johnson's film will pass Furious 8 ($1,236.0M) today to nab the #11 spot - however, if it does manage to crack the top 10, it won't be thanks to China's box office takings.

After experiencing one of the biggest Friday-to-Friday box office plunges on record, Forbes reports that the picture has been pulled from 92% of screenings in The Middle Kingdom after just one week on release. Star Wars movies have never fared particularly well in China, but that seems to be unprecedented.

What do you guys make of this? Do you plan on seeing The Last Jedi again in theaters? Sound off below.
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Inktown03
Inktown03 - 1/12/2018, 10:44 AM
It was critical flop in the U.S. screw you Rian Johnson screw you!
LordZero
LordZero - 1/12/2018, 10:49 AM
Feels like there's only a small percentage of us who honestly don't care about Star Wars and don't see what's all the fuss about lol
mistral1
mistral1 - 1/12/2018, 10:52 AM
Awful movie.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 1/12/2018, 10:52 AM
And the nutcases (not people who dislike the movie for legitimate reasons of their own, that’s just their opinion; I’m talking people so emotionally [frick]ing retarded in hate for this movie that they hallucinate and make up shit to try and bring the movie down) will still claim that this movie is flopping in general, not just in a country that has never accepted or liked the franchise.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/12/2018, 10:58 AM
@MUTO123 - freaking trolls
Scarilian
Scarilian - 1/12/2018, 12:13 PM
@MUTO123 -

I agree, there are a lot of nutcases (Not people who like the movie for legitimate reasons of their own); I’m talking people so emotionally [frick]ing retarded in denial for this movie that they hallucinate and make up shit to try and pretend the movie is good) will still claim that this movie is successful in general, ignoring how this country responded to TFA and the negative effect on the franchise as a whole.

:P

Seriously, what a silly comment to make. You are just trying to deflect legitimate concerns by ignoring the fact that China was the second highest foreign market for TFA (Behind the UK) earning over $100m alone for the movie.

You remark about some trolls existing who deny the movies own remarks are more representative of the unexplained appreciation the movie is getting by people who walked out thinking they were meant to 'let the past die' rather than the valid criticisms at the idiotic plot, terrible character development, forced political messages done poorly and lack of interesting set-up or reason to return to the franchise.
Humperdink
Humperdink - 1/12/2018, 3:07 PM
@MUTO123 -

It's hard to get that point across to them.

A film that makes 1.2 Billion isn't a flop otherwise many films would easily reach that box office in 2017 rather than just 4 (TLJ was ranked 3) out of hundreds. It's the 6th highest film in North America and 12th of ALL TIME>

I mean...you'd have to really reach to make that not count as a success. 🙄

So the focus shifted to China and I've quoted Chinese film aficionados and Chinese Star Wars fans explaining how Star Wars has always an uphill battle in China and was never a big deal there. Most find space wizards and aliens unrelatable and the story a bit confusing.



Half the people trying to act like The Force Awakens was the best Star Wars film made hated it when it came out.
It's just being used to try to denigrate The Last Jedi.

It wasn't a perfect movie by any means, and I didn't agree with all of its choices, but we don't live in a world where a billion dollars is a box office flop just yet. 😏
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 1/12/2018, 10:55 AM

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