MrBirthday
Agent of Catgirl Genocide
I think I have to point out that, despite what might be claimed in some quarters, audiences mostly liked The Force Awakens and to a lesser extent Rogue One. The Last Jedi was "merely" divisive (oh God, was it ever divisive), not universally hated. The only one of the new movies that actually flopped was Solo.
And as for Disney (or other studios, for that matter) buying tickets to inflate numbers; sounds plausible, but I'd demand absolutely solid evidence before I believed it. Otherwise, that claim is just an easy way to dismiss the financial success of a movie you dislike. *remembers attempts to explain away Captain Marvel's billion-dollar box office haul in that manner, based on basically zero evidence*
And as for Disney (or other studios, for that matter) buying tickets to inflate numbers; sounds plausible, but I'd demand absolutely solid evidence before I believed it. Otherwise, that claim is just an easy way to dismiss the financial success of a movie you dislike. *remembers attempts to explain away Captain Marvel's billion-dollar box office haul in that manner, based on basically zero evidence*