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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 25, 2018 15:15:37 GMT
Pretty poor for Solo honestly.
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Post by Miles Morales on May 25, 2018 15:30:24 GMT
Yeah that's pretty low. If it follows TLJ's trajectory it won't even be able to hit $70 million on its opening weekend.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 25, 2018 17:47:46 GMT
Should do a bit better then that, but yeah it's not looking great.
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Post by Joaquim on May 25, 2018 18:00:05 GMT
I blame the bigots who aren’t accepting of Lando’s pansexuality and gender fluidity!
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Post by Zeb31 on May 25, 2018 18:14:59 GMT
I blame the bigots who aren’t accepting of Lando’s pansexuality and gender fluidity! Are you really so threatened by this that you need to dig this shit up and bitch about it in every single Solo-related thread
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on May 25, 2018 18:16:30 GMT
I blame the bigots who aren’t accepting of Lando’s pansexuality and gender fluidity! Go see it then, and we’ll accept your apology.
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Post by quetee on May 25, 2018 19:18:54 GMT
Ouch!!!
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Post by Joaquim on May 25, 2018 19:43:18 GMT
I blame the bigots who aren’t accepting of Lando’s pansexuality and gender fluidity! Go see it then, and we’ll accept your apology. I’m busy this weekend, but maybe next weekend.
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Post by Joaquim on May 25, 2018 19:52:55 GMT
I blame the bigots who aren’t accepting of Lando’s pansexuality and gender fluidity! Are you really so threatened by this that you need to dig this shit up and bitch about it in every single Solo-related thread I will not be satisfied until I see Lando having anal sex with a member of a different species in the name of inclusiveness. I’ve had it with you Trump supporting bigots!
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Post by Zeb31 on May 25, 2018 21:56:08 GMT
Are you really so threatened by this that you need to dig this shit up and bitch about it in every single Solo-related thread I will not be satisfied until I see Lando having anal sex with a member of a different species in the name of inclusiveness. I’ve had it with you Trump supporting bigots! This is just sad.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 26, 2018 15:44:51 GMT
deadline.com/2018/05/solo-a-star-wars-weekend-box-office-1202397848/ 1. Solo: A Star Wars Story Dis 4,381 $35.8M $92.6M $114.2M — 1 2 Deadpool 2 Fox 4,349 $12M (-77%) $44M (-65%) $55.8M $220.5M 2 3 Avengers: Infinity War Dis 3,768 (-234) $3.9M (-46%) $15.9M (-46%) $20.6M $625.7M 5 4 Book Club Par 2,810 (+29) $2.7M (-43%) $9.4M (-30%) $12M $34.2M 2 5 Life Of The Party NL/WB 2,937 (-719) $1.3M (-41%) $4.9M (-36%) $6.4M $40.3M 3 6 Breaking In Uni 1,985 (-552) $1.1M (-47%) $4.1M (-40%) $5.3M $36.9M 3 7 Show Dogs GR 3,212 $761k (-46%) $3M (-51%) $4M $11.6M 2 8 Overboard LG/MGM 1,196 (-624) $699K (-40%) $2.9M (-37%) $3.6M $42.1M 4 9 A Quiet Place Par 1,524 (-803) $605K (-46%) $2.1M (-45%) $2.6M $180.3M 8 10 RBG Mag 415 (+37) $263K (-23%) $988K (-21%) $1.2M $5.7M 4
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Post by Miles Morales on May 26, 2018 15:52:59 GMT
deadline.com/2018/05/solo-a-star-wars-weekend-box-office-1202397848/ 1. Solo: A Star Wars Story Dis 4,381 $35.8M $92.6M $114.2M — 1 2 Deadpool 2 Fox 4,349 $12M (-77%) $44M (-65%) $55.8M $220.5M 2 3 Avengers: Infinity War Dis 3,768 (-234) $3.9M (-46%) $15.9M (-46%) $20.6M $625.7M 5 4 Book Club Par 2,810 (+29) $2.7M (-43%) $9.4M (-30%) $12M $34.2M 2 5 Life Of The Party NL/WB 2,937 (-719) $1.3M (-41%) $4.9M (-36%) $6.4M $40.3M 3 6 Breaking In Uni 1,985 (-552) $1.1M (-47%) $4.1M (-40%) $5.3M $36.9M 3 7 Show Dogs GR 3,212 $761k (-46%) $3M (-51%) $4M $11.6M 2 8 Overboard LG/MGM 1,196 (-624) $699K (-40%) $2.9M (-37%) $3.6M $42.1M 4 9 A Quiet Place Par 1,524 (-803) $605K (-46%) $2.1M (-45%) $2.6M $180.3M 8 10 RBG Mag 415 (+37) $263K (-23%) $988K (-21%) $1.2M $5.7M 4 Holy crap that Deadpool 2 drop is bad.
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Post by agent69 on May 26, 2018 16:15:54 GMT
Ouch for Star Wars and Deadpool. But Why Marvel gets away with it idk.
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Post by bruinjoe96 on May 26, 2018 18:55:16 GMT
With that drop, no way Deadpool 2 won't come close the original's $363 million domestic run.
And it's still possible that Marvel has 2 movies that gross $700 million domestic this year.
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Post by quetee on May 26, 2018 19:18:53 GMT
With that drop, no way Deadpool 2 won't come close the original's $363 million domestic run. And it's still possible that Marvel has 2 movies that gross $700 million domestic this year. Too many movies going after same demo and the movies are too expensive. I don't go to the movies on the weekends because it costs way too much money. One ticket is $17.50 and I still gotta pay for parking. Please. I take my ass to the movies on Tuesdays where I can pay the low discounted rate of $9 LMAO.
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Post by bruinjoe96 on May 26, 2018 19:25:32 GMT
With that drop, no way Deadpool 2 won't come close the original's $363 million domestic run. And it's still possible that Marvel has 2 movies that gross $700 million domestic this year. Too many movies going after same demo and the movies are too expensive. I don't go to the movies on the weekends because it costs way too much money. One ticket is $17.50 and I still gotta pay for parking. Please. I take my ass to the movies on Tuesdays where I can pay the low discounted rate of $9 LMAO. That's actually smart.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 27, 2018 7:06:06 GMT
With that drop, no way Deadpool 2 won't come close the original's $363 million domestic run. And it's still possible that Marvel has 2 movies that gross $700 million domestic this year. Deadpool 2 should end with around 300m. I don't see Infinity War grossing 700m, and Black Panther might end with 698m, and just shy of 700m, since I doubt Disney will try to fudge it. Great numbers for both regardless.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 27, 2018 19:03:22 GMT
deadline.com/2018/05/solo-a-star-wars-weekend-box-office-1202397848/RANK FILM DIS. SCREENS (CHG) FRI 3-DAY (-%) 4-DAY TOTAL WK # 1 Solo: A Star Wars Story Dis 4,381 $35.8M $92.6M $114.2M — 1 2 Deadpool 2 Fox 4,349 $12M (-77%) $44M (-65%) $55.8M $220.5M 2 3 Avengers: Infinity War Dis 3,768 (-234) $3.9M (-46%) $15.9M (-46%) $20.6M $625.7M 5 4 Book Club Par 2,810 (+29) $2.7M (-43%) $9.4M (-30%) $12M $34.2M 2 5 Life Of The Party NL/WB 2,937 (-719) $1.3M (-41%) $4.9M (-36%) $6.4M $40.3M 3 6 Breaking In Uni 1,985 (-552) $1.1M (-47%) $4.1M (-40%) $5.3M $36.9M 3 7 Show Dogs GR 3,212 $761k (-46%) $3M (-51%) $4M $11.6M 2 8 Overboard LG/MGM 1,196 (-624) $699K (-40%) $2.9M (-37%) $3.6M $42.1M 4 9 A Quiet Place Par 1,524 (-803) $605K (-46%) $2.1M (-45%) $2.6M $180.3M 8 10 RBG Mag 415 (+37) $263K (-23%) $988K (-21%) $1.2M $5.7M 4
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Post by jakesully on May 28, 2018 1:07:10 GMT
Star Wars fatigue for sure.
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Post by quetee on May 28, 2018 2:46:02 GMT
Star Wars fatigue for sure. seriously, can they spread this shit out....
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on May 28, 2018 19:38:17 GMT
I think this signals one thing. And it’s not fatigue (Look at the MCU. One a year is quaint in comparison), and I don’t think it’s necessarily word of mouth either (though it may have chipped in).
They need to stick to December. It was a huge mistake to open it in the middle of the summer, where blockbusters struggle enough as we go weekend to weekend, and following Infinity War and Deadpool was a big mistake. One thing all three of the other Disney Wars movies had in common were their lack of any real competition, which led to consistent business. And when your last movie was already divisive as it is, following it up shortly afer with what’s pretty much a filler slot (did anyone really have *that* much confidence in it?) wasn’t gonna instill much confidence.
So I imagine Episode IX, with the December release, a lot of breathing room to let people simmer down, and hopefully a less divisive response (but how much Lucasfilm ends up punishing their ambition because of that response, we’ll wait and see), will be a greater turnaround.
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Post by flasuss on May 28, 2018 22:29:52 GMT
It also flopped internationally- most notoriously in China, in which SW films are having problems, but in other places: here in Brazil, it barely made to 2nd place, well behind Deadpool and not that much ahead of Infinity War.
Some people are wondering how come Marvel can release huge hits only a couple of months after the other, but Star Wars didn't manage to do the same, and I think it's because Marvel gets fans interested in one huge story- people want to follow the characters and know the movie will influence future installments.
Meanwhile, Star Wars has a new movie, than a film set 30 years before that one, and then the sequel to the first that isn't influenced at all by the 2nd one, then a movie set 40 years before the 3rd one that has no effect on the main story starring a character that already died in the first film.
Also, of course releasing it so soon after Deadpool and Infinity War didn't help any.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on May 28, 2018 23:09:12 GMT
Along with the release date issue, I honestly think the film's underperformance can be explained by the fact that the appeal of Han Solo is Harrison Ford's association with the character. Perhaps many people simply aren't interested in watching someone else play the role... I can see how people might view this film as sort of unnecessary and "skippable."
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Post by Zeb31 on May 28, 2018 23:13:45 GMT
Ryan and flasuss both bring up great points.
The MCU is distinct in that they basically play out in chronological order, with each new release building upon the events of the previous installments to construct a single narrative, albeit one with multiple heroes and strands. There's a sense of continuity to them that draws audiences to theaters to keep up with what'll happen next, even if what'll happen next is pretty much just a rehash of everything we've seen before. Disney's Star Wars, on the other hand, is all over the place in terms of the series's timeline; only two of the new movies directly follow one another, with the other two being self-contained side stories that can't take their narratives anywhere new because they're merely filling in the gaps between the other installments, thus significantly reducing the thrill of finding out how it'll all turn out and where the franchise is going next.
With Solo and Rogue One, all they had to rely on was the audience's thirst for more Star Wars canon, not their curiosity to see where the new chapters were headed. These anthology titles can't pull an Infinity War and serve a (pseudo-)surprising turn of events that'll get people in theaters to discover what comes after the cliffhanger. The only thing Disney could've done was pray that movie goers would throw money at anything with Star Wars in the title, and that's where the fatigue talk comes in: I don't think people are tired of this series, and Episode IX should have no problem clearing a billion next year, but audiences just got their last fix 5 months ago. Up until now, these new Star Wars movies had a whole year to breathe in between one another, but in this case it was way too soon to serve more of the same.
And that's exactly where one Disney franchise stumbled and the other didn't: Marvel managed to churn out Black Panther and Infinity War only two months apart and make rivers of money off of both because the former was a bona fide cultural phenomenon and the latter was a direct continuation of that core story, as well as the culmination of everything the entire series had been building up to since 2008. It was a much bigger pop culture event than any of the Star Wars titles that came after The Force Awakens, and that's why they got away with it. Pitch perfect timing and appropriate scope. Replace Infinity War with, say, Ant-Man 2 and the gamble would've turned out much different. What's Solo compared to that? An unnecessary addition with an unknown lead replacing one of the most iconic movie stars of all time.
Adding fuel to the dumpster fire: the marketplace is obviously just way too fucking crowded right now. With Deadpool 2 and Infinity War still dominating, Solo was one Disney expanded universe entry too many, and they should've seen that coming. They'd been smart with their Star Wars releases up until this point by keeping the competition at bay, but here they took a stupid risk.
And finally, this is yet more proof that budgets have gotten way too out of hand. When you're dropping $250-300M plus marketing and release costs on everything you put out, anything less than absolutely stellar leaves you in the red. Ready Player One will finish its run with less than $140M domestically and it's a success. Studios should take note.
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Post by bob-coppola on May 29, 2018 19:07:19 GMT
Adding to all the great arguments that have been brought up, I'd also like to say that maybe it bombed because it fucking sucks. All the three previous entries of the franchise have at least 85% of approval on Rotten Tomatoes and were welcomed with enthusiasm by critics. We live in an age where these things matter a lot (do you guys remember the event that was the reveal of Justice League's score on RT?). Solo has 305 reviews and yet couldn't even get a Certified Fresh seal. And if you look into the Top Critics' score, it's labeled as a rotten - the first since Episode 1.
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