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Scott Mendelson writes about the film industry for Forbes.com, and he’s about as geeky-statistic-y a read as you could ever hope to find. His analysis of box office performance during the run of The Force Awakens was always insightful and enlightening, and his commentaries on Rogue One are just as good.
Here’s his latest one, in which he notes that Rogue One‘s domestic gross has already surpassed the total domestic gross of that other Gareth Edwards movie, Godzilla. In six days flat.
Different people have different definitions of “success” for movies, and that’s one of the big questions starting to bubble up now – even with $400 million under its belt, is Rogue One a success? I’m exploring that idea in the podcast, and also talking about what’s next for Saw Gerrera. (Yes, the spoiler warning is still in effect!)