The final numbers are in for the Memorial Day opening weekend of Solo: A Star Wars Story, with Disney and Lucasfilm’s second Star Wars Anthology movie underwhelming with just $103 million at the domestic box office over the four-day period.
Tracking projections for Solo’s four-day domestic opening suggested that the film could open to $150 million in North America, a figure it failed to reach worldwide across its first three days, opening to a disappointing $148 million globally.
Solo cost Disney and Lucasfilm $250 million to produce, and likely spent at least half that figure again on marketing, so the film is going to need to display some impressive legs if it is to turn a profit for the studio.
A strong second weekend will be crucial here, and failing that, it seems there’s a very real possibility that Solo could end up the lowest grossing instalment in the Star Wars saga – a position currently occupied by 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back on $538.4 million (including re-releases).
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A new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story features Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi’Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Jon Favreau (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Rio Durant, Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) as Dryden Vos and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) as Weazel.
