‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Stalls With $65M Overseas Bow – International Box Office
May 27, 2018
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Stalls With $65M Overseas Bow – International Box Office
Refresh for latest…: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story has grossed an estimated $65M in its international box office bow. The Millennium Falcon has been through some tough space battles before, but this is a very disappointing result for the film that’s been decently received by critics and many folks who’ve gone to the theater to see it. The 3-day estimate is far below industry projections and the global launch totals $148.3M.
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Contrary to most event pictures, Star Wars movies are not driven by offshore turnstiles. The Force Awakens, Rogue One and The Last Jedi each pulled in less than 55% of their money from overseas. Still, the numbers we’re seeing from this debut weekend on a movie that got a massive promotional push at the recent Cannes Film Festival are surprisingly soft and no deflector shield is going to change that.
Disney’s worldwide distribution chief Dave Hollis, who is exiting the studio this week after 17 years, allowed that expectations were certainly higher on the movie and said Mouse execs will “spend a lot of time digging into every question in every market to get the answer” to why Solo so under-performed. “We came into the beginning of the year with this one of the most anticipated films. We gotta spend some time looking at the exits and get a better handle on all the questions.”
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