9-0 POINTS.
KIND OF IN THE STARS, RIGHT?
SPEAKING OF THE STARS, HOW IS
THAT FOR A SEGUE ON THE FLY.
IN THE GALAXY NOT SO FAR AWAY,
CRITICS ARE RAVING.
FANS ARE REJOIGS.
THE LATEST INSTALLMENT HITS
THEATERS TODAY.
"STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI,"
HERE IS WHAT THE BOX OFFICE
BREACH THE ONE BILLION DOLLAR
CEILING, LEVEL?
NOBODY HAS DONE IT BEFORE.
IT IS FACING STRONG
COMPETITION, "THE FORCE
936.6 MILLION DURING ITS
RELEASE TWO YEARS AGO FOLLOWED
BY THE TOP TWO HIGHEST GROSSING
MOVIES, AVATAR AND CLASSIC
TITANIC.
SO ARE RECORDS SET TO BE
BROKEN?
WILL THE LAST JEDI FALL SHORT?
YOU GOT OUT OF WHICH THEATER IN
MANHATTAN.
>> TIMES SQUARE.
LIZ: PACKED?
WERE PEOPLE SLEEPING ON FUTONS.
>> THERE WERE TWO OTHER PEOPLE,
"STAR WARS," SKID THE
ATTENDANT, I WASN'T QUITE SURE.
LIZ: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
IT WAS FILLED, THE MOVIE
THEATER?
>> MY THEATER WASN'T.
LIZ: BREAKING NEWS!
EVERY 15 MINUTES AND 30
DIFFERENT THEATERS AT ONE
LOCATION, SO THEY'RE PREPARED.
LIZ: SO YOUR REVIEW, DO I NEED
I'VE BEEN DYING TO SAY, THAT
HERD.
KIDDING.
TO THE FRANCHISE.
BILLION-DOLLAR MARK, WE HAVE A
BUSINESS AUDIENCE LOOKING AT
DISNEY RELEASING THE MOVIE.
FOX WHICH WILL BE A PART OF
DISNEY, THE ENTERTAINMENT
ASSETS.
DISNEY BUY HERE, WHAT DO YOU
GET THE SENSE THIS WILL DO?
>> IT WILL DO VERY WELL, BREAK
ALL SORTS OF RECORDS AT THE BOX
OFFICE.
LIZ: THE BILLION?
>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
MOVIE AND "THE FORCE AWAKENS,"
"THE FORCE AWAKENS" WAS A
10-YEAR ABSENCE OF "STAR WARS"
DEMAND.
GRANDKIDS.
THIS IS THE THIRD MOVIE IN SO
THE DEMAND IS A LITTLE LESS,
WE'RE SEEING THAT.
"THE FORCE AWAKENS" OPENED UP
TO 57 MILLION THE FIRST NIGHT.
THAT SAID, IT'S GOING TO DO
GANGBUSTERS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> ANY NEW CHARACTERS THAT
JUMPED OUT AT YOU?
>> CUTE LITTLE FURRY GUYS ON
LIZ: THEY MUST HAVE LEARNED
THEIR LESSON FROM JAR-JAR
BINKS.
>> THEY HAVE, THANK GOD!
>> THE MOST HATED CREATURE.
I THINK PEOPLE HATE HIM MORE
THAN DARTH VADER, WHO HAPPENS
TO BE BREATHING ALL OVER ME
RIGHT NOW.
HORRIBLE BREATH!
>> HE'S LUCKY HE DIDN'T GET
BETWEEN ME AND THE LIGHTSABER.
I'M FROM NEW YORK, WE DON'T
MAY BE AVATAR 2.
DISNEY WILL OWN THAT FRANCHISE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO
RICH GELFOND, THE CEO OF IMAX
YESTERDAY WHO SAID AVATAR IS
THE BIGGEST THING FOR A COMPANY
LIKE IMAX WITH THE BIG SCREEN
EXPERIENCE.
LOOKING FORWARD WHAT COULD
TOPPLE "STAR WARS"?
>> CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE
FRANCHISE IS DONE.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE ORIGINAL AVATAR.
FOR ME IT'S ONE OF THE MOVIES I
DON'T WATCH OVER AND OVER, IT'S
A VERY DIFFERENT FEELING THAN
THE "STAR WARS" MOVIES.
SO I'M NOT SO GUNG HO ON THE
WHOLE AVATAR THING.
LIZ: I AM.
TIME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IN THE END, THOUGH, I HAVE
TO ASK WE'RE GETTING NEWS ABOUT
THE FOX-DISNEY LINKUP HERE.
>> YES.
LIZ: THERE MIGHT BE UP TO 5,000
LAYOFFS, THAT IS NORMAL WHEN IT
COMES TO MERGERS AND
ACQUISITIONS.
REDUNDANCEY, PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
JOBS.
DOES THAT AFFECT THINGS IN ANY
WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM?
NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED
UNTIL 2019.
THERE'S TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW
STOP TRYING TO TAKE OUR JOBS.
>> WHO KNEW?