Posted on 05/27/2018 8:46:45 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Walt Disney and Lucasfilms Solo: A Star Wars Story performed at near-worst-case scenario levels this Memorial Day weekend. The film opened with a soft-ish $35.6 million on Friday, including $14m in Thursday previews, before comparatively cratering over the holiday for an $83.3m Fri-Sun and projected $101m Fri-Mon frame. Thats a weak 2.83x four-day weekend multiplier, on par with Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2.73x in 2007) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2.71x in 2006). That wouldnt be a problem if the overall numbers were bigger, as X-Men 3 and Pirates 3 both set Memorial Day records. Solo did not set any (positive) records.
But when your $250-$300 million (thanks to reshoots) sci-fi prequel opens with $101m over four days with a lower weekend multiplier than X-Men: Apocalypse, with awful overseas numbers to boot, the odds are beyond grim. Yes, the reviews are decent and the next two weeks are relatively vacant. But even and arguable best-case-scenario of a 2.5x multiplier (think Men in Black 3 in 2012) gives the Ron Howard-directed film a domestic total just over/under the $248m debut weekend of The Force Awakens.
And there is plenty of precedent for a much-grimmer outcome. That weekend multiplier is terrifying because there are plenty of big Memorial Day releases (the third and fifth Pirates movies, the last three ensemble X-Men flicks, Day After Tomorrow or Fast and Furious 6) that barely earned over/under 2x their four-day gross over their entire domestic run. Yes, there is math that argues that Solo: A Star Wars Story may end up essentially earning about what The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($202 million) or Godzilla ($200m) did in 2014. And unlike those franchises, Lucasfilm cant count on an overseas bailout.
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If you want to blame someone for “ruining everything” - blame Kathleen Kennedy.
This is more about The Last Jedi than the Han Solo film itself.
That was directly from the writer himself, Jon Kasdan, who after receiving criticism for it took to twitter and insulted fans and admitted they were pursuing a Leftist political agenda. You can look it up.
But in any event, the low ticket sales are due to The Last Jedi - compounded by the multiple insults hurled at fans by Kasdan, Rian Johnson and their allies since that time.
Was being sarcastic
We can only hope it loses money. I’m on a firm #boycottDisneyStarWars since TLJ
you paid a lot of money to Disney to get a nice snooze :)
And some get reborn. Rocky 1,2,3 were great. 4 and 5 were middling to bad. But 6 = Rocky Balboa was superb. And Creed was very good as well.
YUP, i’m one of those fans #boycottDisneyStarWars.
With regards to Lando's supposed pan sexuality, BOOFIRE191 asks "Star Wars Solo: Is L3-37 A Parody of Kathleen Kennedy?" He argues that the original directors, Philip Lord and Christopher Miller, were fired because L3-37, Lando's android sidekick, is a parody of social justice warriors and Kathleen Kennedy. If it wasn't for John Kasdan saying Lando was pan sexual right before Solo opened, no one would think or talk about it.
It is eleven minutes long and has some swearing. His mini rants on real world SJWs are spot on. Even if Kasdan was just trying to rile people, it was still irresponsible of him to say something that could turn people away a week before Solo opened. More so when he obviously knows a lot of fans are still upset with Disney over The Last Jedi.
It’s Han, not Hans.
I dont consider $8.50 a lot of money but its better than staying home i get to see family and go to lunch afterwards my wife likes those movies small price to pay for harmony
Kathleen Kennedy wow I worked for a place that did her car stereo work way back when she was always a real joy to see and visit with she always had a swag bag of stuff for me when i would deliver her car back. I wish i kept all that stuff
John Wayne. Ward Bond. Clint Walker. Claude Akins. Lee Marvin. Chuck Conners. James Garner. Steve McQueen. James Arness. Gregory Peck. Cary Grant. James Stewart. Robert Mitchum. Burt Lancaster.
A-list or B-list, they were real men playing real men. They were bigger than life. Now they are smaller than life.
Now we have, at best, Rock Hudson, and at worst, Montgomery Clift, as leading men.
There are a few exceptions: Hugh Jackman. Chris Pratt.
Good! See 94.
Don’t forget Clint Eastwood, that guy definitely was manly and promoted conservativism.
Ah, to keep wifey happy — I hear you and agree, it was a small price for harmony!! :)
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