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Solo: A Star Wars Story Gets Disappointing Opening Day

May 26, 2018 | Posted by Joseph Lee
Alden Ehrenreich Solo: A Star Wars Story Image Credit: Lucasfilm

Variety reports that the box office take for Solo: A Star Wars Story could end up lower than expected for Disney, as it earned $35.6 million through Friday (including $14.1 million from Thursday previews). It’s now expected to bring in $114 million from 4,381 theaters domestically over the four-day weekend, down from the $130-150 million range it was tracking at.

This number would put it behind Rogue One‘s $155 million opening weekend and way behind the opening weekends of The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens. It’s the tenth Star Wars film and the fourth in less than four years. However, even at $114 million it will still be the fifth-largest Memorial Day weekend, behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($139.8 million), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, X-Men: the Last Stand and Fast and Furious 6.

The second weekend for Deadpool 2 will see it drop to #2 with $54.5 million from 4,349 theaters, giving it an 11-day total of $220 million. The rest of the top five includes Avengers: Infinity War ($21 million, $605 million total domestic, $1.7 billion total worldwide), Book Club ($12 million, $22 million total) and Life of the Party ($6 million, $33 million total).