Discussion The Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Thread - Releasing May 22, 2026

I'll have to catch those two Godzillas; I actually think I might have them on one of my external HD's.

Skull island I saw, which was cool. Kong I have seen the movies all the way back, not so much with Godzilla.

 

I think the Godzilla movies are pretty good-especially King of the Monsters. It really brings back that "big monster movie" feel IMO. Not perfect, but hits a lot of the right notes.

 

Rogue Squadron better feature eight X-Wings taking on the Zillo Beast.

 

I can actually visualise this. Escaping out of a landing bay and stomping around the outside surface of the Death Star. Climbing up a Turbo Laser tower, and swatting at TIEs zipping by.

 

After all, SW films always did include some sort of brief monster sequence (with the exception of one or two). Fits perfectly!

 

I have been thinking about this. I change my prediction to around 1 billion world wide

 

I’m very pro-monster.

 

Good change.

The recovery is continuing for the box office even as vast swaths of theaters are still closed (or at lower capacity), and many people are still hesitant to go to movies. There is little doubt that it will be booming again by mid-2023 provided there are no catastrophic turns for the worse in the pandemic situation.

Early Weekend Estimates: Mortal Kombat & Demon Slayer Pacing for Combined $35M+, Setting Pandemic Records for 'R' Movies - Boxoffice (boxofficepro.com)

‘Mortal Kombat’ Set to Give Warner Bros. Another Box-Office Win - Bloomberg
“I think the worst is over,” Mooky Greidinger, chief executive officer of No. 2 global theater chain Cineworld Group Plc, said in an interview. “The question that we have now is how everything will fall into place and be adjusted for the new era following Covid.”

Greidinger doesn’t expect theater revenue to return to pre-Covid levels until at least later in 2021 or 2022, but he said strong interest in the few new movies that have come out suggests there could be a boom in moviegoing as the worst of the pandemic passes.

 

917,305,000

 

917,304,999

 

^ What a cheapskate.

 

While some find the idea of box office unamusing, there is no denying the profound effects it has on the future of SW. The box office issues with Solo and TROS really changed the trajectory of the way SW productions would be released, especially Solo I think.

With Black Widow coming out in July, Disney is banking on the box office really kicking by then, but will be offering it on streaming as insurance if it isn't. Interesting list of summer movie releases, where the ones later in the summer have a better chance of being big hits at the box office.

Summer Movie Calendar 2021 << Rotten Tomatoes – Movie and TV News

I think you can bank on box office being back to normal 2 years from now when RS comes out.

 

What?

 

I like Star Wars monster sequences.

 

Could this be the foreseeable model for Disney moving forward?

 

To some extent for sure. I don't think they will do that with ALL of their movies, but it's the same thing HBO is doing, the window to watch it streaming when it debuts in theaters.

The whole pandemic mix of theater/streaming movie releases will linger for a long time, and likely become permanent. To what extent that reaches, or what exact formula will be used remains to be seen.

Disney Plus recently had its first somewhat disappointing report of diminished sales, and is not selling at the torrid pace it started with. I'm sure they are adjusting to the competition here.

 

Has there been a release date for Rogue Squadron announced as yet ?

 

December 22nd 2023.

Not sure if they specifically said that Rogue Squadron would come out on that date. But that is the day that is set for the next Star Wars movie, and this is the next Star Wars movie.

 

Didn't think it would be that far away. At least we've got plenty other projects coming off between now & then.

 

I think it was supposed to be December 2022, but everything got delayed one year due to Covid.

 

I'm hoping they used the extra time to work on the story and script. IMO, the sequel trilogy was rushed to completion and the storylines seem half-baked, might have turned out better with the traditional 3 years between films. RS has the opportunity to avoid that problem.

 

Hocus Pocus 2 being released on streaming also for Disney Plus? And I am not seeing anything outlandish about a 30 dollar fee for subscribers to watch it, maybe Disney is learning its lesson about fleecing customers from being beat up by HBO Max.

https://www.engadget.com/hocus-pocus-2-disney-plus-2022-184839694.html