This afternoon, with early box office results in, Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the highest grossing film of all time in the domestic market, surpassing the $760.5M lifetime gross ofAvatar in a record-shattering 20 days of release.
Domestically “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has taken in $740 million total after just 17 days.
With eight Comic Book movies lined up for next year as well as a ton of Sci-Fi films, there’s quite a list to pick from.
If you haven’t seen it yet, DO NOT READ THIS ARTICLE. MANY SPOILERS AHEAD! Go watch it and then comeback and find out what you may have missed!
This weekend, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the most anticipated movie in years, was finally released. And while JJ Abrams’ take on the franchise is a satisfying adventure on its own, in many ways it feels like set-up for what’s to come, stoking the fires of anticipation for the rest of the trilogy. The ending is almost cruel in how it teases us, making Episode VIII’s May 2017 release seem that much further away. Here are ten things to look forward to from episode VIII. This listicle contains nuclear, satanic spoilers for The Force Awakens. You have been warned.
-Anthony Calamunci
Star Wars fans are finally getting the sequel that they deserve. The Force Awakens is an exhilarating joyride that’ll make old fans feel nostalgic while showing new fans that they’re in for something special.
Star Wars continues their collaborations and product releases from fashion to cellphones.
In September, director of the new Ghostbusters remake Paul Feig tweeted to an annoying heckler of the reboot to “Go f— yourself” in response to his constant bantering on Twitter and remarks against the film. The heckler says it has nothing to do with it being an all female cast, so what is it? What makes this reboot any different than any other unoriginal story that encompasses what Hollywood is made of today? Just for comparison:
- Do comic book lovers cry about the newest sequel or spin off of an established super hero franchise? (ie, Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, The Avengers, Captain America, Superman, etc)
- No, but if Hollywood dare makes Wonder Woman into a movie.
- Do Star Wars and Star Trek nerds cry about reboots and remakes by the same director for both franchises?
- But if they dare even think of stopping Princess Leia slave figures, God help them
Ok, that’s all I can think of at the moment, but seriously, why do we need to be such a sensitive society where all we think about is the wrongs of society with gender, reboots, films, and MPAA warnings? Why can’t we be like good ol’ Europe and worry about violence in films as opposed to petty stuff that just won’t get anyone anywhere?
*Rant over* But, watch some cool Ghostbusters stunt action below, and remember, reboots are the bread of Hollywood today.
The long awaited trailer is here for the most anticipated film of 2015…and it looks absolutely incredible.
The Knockturnal got a chance to preview three products from the limited edition CoverGirl Star Wars Collection. Check our out review below.