Prequel Trilogy Opinion Poll (2 years later)

Originally posted by chinabing

Interesting though, TESB is the lowest money maker of the SW films, and yet among the best reviewed.

Actually, I believe Return of the Jedi brought in less at the box office, If I remember rightly, which to be honest, I am not sure I do. 😉

No, ROTJ did better than ESB.

Ahh, that settles that then. I'll have to have a look through the list Sithsaber copied and pasted, didn't think I saw it.

It's not long enough to include them all.

Originally posted by queeq
It's not long enough to include them all.

Sure it is. 😛

I posted 1-25, and all six Starwars films are there, with ESB coming in at 25th.

Oh right... sorry. Didn't look really.

things are looking surpisingly well for the PT....from a certain point of view

15-3 when counting people who remain impressed to people who dont. however its unfavorable in the sense that only 7 out of 11 so far regard it as a film equal in quality to the OT....interesting

Aske them again in ten years. Or 30.

10 years: "i dont know what i was thinking....i cant watch that garbage anymore"

30 years: "wtf is the PT?"

Originally posted by Schecter
things are looking surpisingly well for the PT....from a certain point of view

15-3 when counting people who remain impressed to people who dont. however its unfavorable in the sense that only 7 out of 11 so far regard it as a film equal in quality to the OT....interesting

Why?

interesting that thew PTM is the most grossing films of SW saga.

no it wasnt

Originally posted by sithsaber408

1 Titanic $600,788,188
2 Star Wars $460,998,007
3 Shrek 2 $441,226,247
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial $435,110,554
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,301
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
7 Spider-Man $403,706,375 2002
8 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577
9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325
10 Spider-Man 2 $373,585,825
11 The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
12 Jurassic Park $357,067,947
13 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,786,758
14 Finding Nemo $339,714,978
15 Forrest Gump $329,694,499
16 The Lion King $328,541,776
17 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $317,575,550
18 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $314,776,170
19 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones $310,676,740
20 Return of the Jedi $309,306,177
21 Independence Day $306,169,268
22 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,413,918
23 The Sixth Sense $293,506,292
24 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $291,710,957
25 The Empire Strikes Back $290,475,067 [/B]

And tehse are relative rates, without inflation. If you'd count that I'm sure the PT would rate less than the OT.

^^^Aye, but then so would LOTR, Spiderman, Pirates, Jurrasic Park, Forest Gump, etc....

The OT would rule all! 😈

Anyways, getting back on topic here (sorry if my posts de-railed the thread), I had a specific reason for posting the box office totals and critics reviews.

To remind us all debating on these boards that the PT wasn't some commerical or critical failure.

In fact, they were reviewed as either fair or fantastic (depending on who you asked) for EpI and EpII, and almost unanimously as awesome! for EpIII.

And they made tons of money.

The argument could be made: "Well, that's only because SW fans went to see them, over and over."

Incorrect. This may lead to them hitting 300 Mil and over yes, but for a film to even cross past 200 mil, it has to be a huge hit with a wide audience of all ages, not just fanboys.

See Narnia, Independence Day, Forest Gump, Nemo, Shrek, Sixth Sense, etc....

The PT was watched by many people, and more than once.

Even if all SW fanboys watched a PT flick 3 times each, it would only clear 100-120 mil in the U.S.

The other 150 Mil HAS to come from general audiences, some who went to see it again.

This changes none of our opinions or reasons for either liking, hating, or having mixed feelings of the PT of course.

As SW fans, we have our own personal feelings and logic towards these films. 😛

But I wanted it to serve as a reminder to those that feel they were "failures" or "critical-flops" or "despised by the general public" that just because you may feel that way, it doesn't mean that the non-SW fan public did.

In fact, quite the opposite. 🙂

Carry on, then.

No member of the general public I know has said they despire the PT, they just hold the view that the OT was far better. It's like, the magic has left Star Wars for them.

To most people in fact.

well yes thats the unavoidable slant in a survey such as this. only true fans of either the OT or the entire saga are going to stumble upon this thread. but thats ok. still interesting that 7 out of 19 so far consider the PT at the same caliber as the OT

I meant, that TPM is the most grossing SW movie in the world, it almost reached a billion dollars.

OK...