Like the Millennium Falcon in a space storm, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” is taking a beating at the box office. Projections for the Memorial Day box office weekend have fallen from $130 million pre-weekend to close to dropping under $100 million on Sunday.
Saturday returns for the “Star Wars” anthology film registered at just $24.6 million, amounting to a 31 percent drop from Friday’s $35.8 million returns. The families that were expected to make this film challenge for the Memorial Day opening weekend record just aren’t showing up — family audiences are reporting at 18 percent of the total audience — and now “Solo” might not even finish with one of the top 5 highest openings for this holiday weekend.
As it stands, a $100 million four-day opening would be less than the launch for “The Hangover Part II,” which made $103 million in 2011. “Solo” is also not only looking like it will have the lowest opening for a Disney “Star Wars” film,...
Saturday returns for the “Star Wars” anthology film registered at just $24.6 million, amounting to a 31 percent drop from Friday’s $35.8 million returns. The families that were expected to make this film challenge for the Memorial Day opening weekend record just aren’t showing up — family audiences are reporting at 18 percent of the total audience — and now “Solo” might not even finish with one of the top 5 highest openings for this holiday weekend.
As it stands, a $100 million four-day opening would be less than the launch for “The Hangover Part II,” which made $103 million in 2011. “Solo” is also not only looking like it will have the lowest opening for a Disney “Star Wars” film,...
- 5/27/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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