RWers claim Star Wars-boycott success because movie did just excellent, not fantastic

[DetlefK]

http://io9.gizmodo.com/dumpstarwars-cry-babies-struggle-to-save-face-after-bl-1790256837

Rogue One made box office history on its opening weekend, bringing around $155 million in North America and another $135.5 million overseas, making it the top movie globally and the second highest grossing December opening in North America on record. It seems the right-wingers’ #DumpStarWars movement—a boycott of Rogue One, which prominent conservative conspiracy theorist Mark Dice called “feminist propaganda” in a now-deleted tweet—didn’t work out too great.

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Although #DumpStarWars was an overall failure, Cernovich is claiming victory because the movie made less money than Force Awakens.




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"We defeated the feminists! Their propaganda-movie had one of the best openings of all time, but it wasn't THE best of all time! Victory is ours! Huzzah!"

[salin]

1. "That'll teach 'em!"

because making oodles and oodles of money will not be an incentive to make such a film in the future because it *may not be* the biggest selling ever!

lol - success at what? Being click bait for knuckle draggers?

[Charles Bukowski]

2. Rogue One wasn't expected to

top Episode VII financially. The Men's Rights 8chan dipshits fail again.

[Takket]

3. The opening weekend exceed Disney's projections

So it actually did better that what was thought. Not worse.

One could argue the bozos drive MORE to the theater, but that would be giving them credit for having an ounce of influence.

[JHB]

4. If you consider blowing a spitball in the general direction of Godzilla "success," well, ok,...

...but to quote the esteemed Bugs Bunny, "Oh, bruddah, what a maroon!"

[lame54]

5. The advertising for TFA was relentless...

Not near as much fot R1

[Renew Deal]

6. It's a really really good movie

[AgadorSparticus]

7. A $155 mill opening for ANY movie is insane. If that is failure, I am sure

Disney will take failure any day.

"We defeated the feminists" <----- These scumbags need to crawl back into their holes.

[Achilleaze]

8. Buying tickets for my whole bigly family today

Fantastic.

[Initech]

10. I sense a great disturbance in the force!

[Initech]

9. Yet another boycott from the "we don't need safe spaces" party.

And of course they fail to understand how boycotts work.

[krispos42]

11. Remember that time they brought Disney to its knees?

Yeah, I don't either.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Never seen Star wars. Never seen Poltergeist. Never seen ET. Never seen Avalon.

It is not that I am a culture snob. I have seen every Rocky movie and spin off more than once. I see lots of mindless comedies. I just am not into certain genres.

[DetlefK]

13. ...

http://xkcd.com/1769/

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Unless you're talking about the Roxy Music album-

I'm gonna assume you meant "Avatar"

I can understand all those, but not Star Wars.. thats inconceivable!

[LeftInTX]

19. The hottest guy on campus took me to see Star Wars

I didn't understand it LOL.

I was so embarrassed.

[Gothmog]

14. The movie did great

[erpowers]

15. Crazy or Joking

Cernovich is either crazy, or joking. He actually admits that Rogue One had one of the best opening weekends ever, but then goes on to claim victory by saying it was not the best opening of all time. When I read that part I wondered and checked to see if this story had come from the Onion.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Every showing is packed, so I'm not gonna go see it until next week

...see? The boycott is working!

[Gothmog]

18. I saw this movie yesterday

The theater was almost completely full

[tandem5]

20. I got a new boycott idea for them: Buy tickets to the movie and then set them on fire...

Take a pic -- post to social media. That'll show'em!!