SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Crashes; Down 66% In Second Weekend At The Box Office

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Crashes; Down 66% In Second Weekend At The Box Office

Solo: A Star Wars Story is expected to retain its No. 1 box office spot, but the film's numbers fell even further than initially estimated. It's now estimated to earn $148.3 million through two weeks.

By MattIsForReal - Jun 02, 2018 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Deadline
After a disappointing opening at the box office, Solo: A Star Wars Story isn't faring much better in its second weekend. According to Deadline, as of Saturday morning, the film is on track to earn an estimated $28.8 million, down 66% from its opening weekend.

Although the drop off at the box office was expected, and quite common for a No. 1 Memorial Day opening title, this is even grimmer than analysts initially estimated. As the site points out, "this is the lowest second weekend for a Star Wars movie out of Disney/Lucasfilm’s latest crop, and the 20th Century Fox released Episodes I-III." 

Comparatively, Rogue One; A Star Wars Story - the first of Disney's spinoff films - declined by 59% in its second weekend, but still amounted to $64 million. Rogue One went on to gross $532 million by the end of its box office run. Should Solo continue at this rate, it may struggle to even reach the $200 million mark, which is absolutely mind-boggling considering the franchise we're talking about. 

So by Disney and Star Wars comparisons, Solo's performance at the box office isn't great. Still, it's No. 1 for the second straight weekend and on track for a two week domestic total of approximately $148 million. Should the film fail to crack $200 million at the domestic box office, it would have to be considered a major disappointment for the company which is already struggling to appease shareholders, despite the successes of Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War.

Speaking of Avengers: Infinity War, it's on track to earn another $10.6 million this weekend, which is almost half of what Solo earned; so take that in for a moment. It now has a running domestic cume of $643 million. Deadpool 2, meanwhile, is estimated to earn $23.5 million this weekend (No. 2) for a domestic total of $254.8 million.
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Krav
Krav - 6/2/2018, 12:36 PM
77*
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 6/2/2018, 12:48 PM
@Krav - 77% is the Friday to Friday decline, 66% is the Weekend 1 to estimated Weekend 2 decline
DarthGrizzly
DarthGrizzly - 6/2/2018, 12:40 PM
That sucks, I liked the film. The whole crew who had to work extra for this deserve praise, for the shit show that happened to this film, they did a great job
KWilly
KWilly - 6/2/2018, 12:42 PM
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