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Originally Posted by techguyone
it's being described as 'underwhelming' I'd suggest at this point that franchise fatigue has set in
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they just need to learn that they don't shit gold and lots of thought and TLC needs to go into making a quality film. Although I thought I was going to be proved wrong, people aren't going to watch something just because it says "Star Wars" on the front. This poor start will put it on track for a $500 million gross which is what I predicted a few weeks ago. I didn't think it was going to happen though. Hopefully this will give them pause for though for the future and make them carefully consider who they get to do the films and how they do them. Out of the zillions of actors who must have auditioned for the role of Han, who picks somebody who can't flipping act?
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Weekend Estimates: Solo Opens Lower than Expected with $101 million, Still Dominates Competition
Solo: A Star Wars Story opened with an estimated $83 million / $101 million over the three-day / four-day weekend. It had the best Memorial Day long weekend since 2014, when X-Men: Days of Future Past opened with $111 million over four days. In fact, this result is the fourth best Memorial Day long weekend opening in the past decade. That said, it was much lower than expected and some are calling it a box office failure. That’s complicated. The film was originally going to cost $150 million to make, making it the cheapest installment in the new Star Wars franchise. However, they reportedly had to reshoot 70% of the movie, which lifted the price to $250 million. The box office needed to break even during the film’s initial push into the home market rose from about $500 million to $650 million. And with an initial international debut of $65.0 million in 54 markets, this film is just not going to get there. The unending talk of behind-the-scenes trouble seems to have hurt the film’s box office chances and even its good reviews and its A minus from CinemaScore won’t be enough to turn things around. That said, it is far from a complete disaster and the franchise will continue, although it might be wise for Disney to not release so many installments in the franchise so quickly. Three in 18 months is a bit too much.
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