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thenewgreen  ·  3658 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Five Years Ago, 'Avatar' Grossed $2.7 Billion But Left No Pop Culture Footprint

Okay, I'll buy all of that but if the first Star Wars film sold zero action figures, I would wager we'd all still be talking about it. It was a compelling story with characters you couldn't forget. Chewbacca, C3PO, R2.... list goes on. Avatar? Not so much.

edit: There's more to a pulp culture footprint than action figures. I own zero Big Lebowski action figures, zero Anchorman action figures, but damn if I haven't heard those films referenced a million times..