ROTS Expected to Be Top Box Office 2005 Posted By Joshua on May 7, 2005
There a new article up on St. Louis Post-Dispatch talking about this summer's movies and just who will reign the box office. They say Episode III is a no-brainer.
The release of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" on May 19 is the culmination of more than a quarter-century of event-driven movie marketing. George Lucas' "Star Wars" saga has generated $3.4 billion in global box office and $9 billion in merchandise sales since 1977, yet the sixth and presumably final film in the series faces an unusual amount of skepticism.
While the public devoured the first three "Star Wars" movies without reservation, puzzlement at Lucas' subsequent tinkering with the originals and widespread disappointment over the subsequent "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones" have made some moviegoers skeptical about "Revenge of the Sith." Yet, few analysts doubt that it will be the biggest movie of the summer, if only because it's the subject of so much hype - and so much curiosity about why family-man Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) succumbs to the Dark Side and becomes the evil Darth Vader.