Posted on 06/04/2018 5:04:20 PM PDT by EdnaMode
To borrow one of Han Solo's lines from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, "That's not how the Force works!"
It's an apt way to sum up the troubled performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. In one of the biggest box-office surprises in recent times, Solo is badly underperforming and will become the first of the Star Wars movies made by Disney and Lucasfilm to lose money.
Wall Street analyst Barton Crockett says Solo will lose more than $50 million. Industry financing souces, however, say that figure could come in at $80 million or higher, although no one knows the exact terms of Disney's deals for home entertainment and television, among other ancillary revenues.
Solo, directed by Ron Howard, isn't likely to gross much more than $400 million globally against a budget of at least $250 million and a major multimillion-dollar marketing spend. The movie lost major altitude in its second weekend of play to finish Sunday with a domestic total of $148.9 million and global cume of $264.2 million.
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Kathleen Kennedy and her SJW cretins should lose their jobs.
Thing is I’ve heard from several people Solo is actually pretty fun. Good even.
This is all blowback from the Force Returns SJW garbage.
Why would parents take their children to see a movie tith a pansexual character?
Best part....dopie opie directed.
Remember, Disney bought 21st Century Fox entertainment division because Fox thought it was a money loser.
Warners already had a deep dent with “Justice League.”
Although “Black Panther,” “Deadpool 2” (ugh) and “Avengers” all did well, the nature of these FX blockbusters increasingly means that a studio even like Disney is only 2-3 flops away from bankruptcy. “Avengers” was nearly a BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
That means Disney has to make $2 billion (!!) at the box office to break even.
looks like they already made their budget
She’ll try to blame it on the fact that it had a white male lead and double down on her bullshyt.
Truth is the Last Jedi was just about the worst film they could have possibly ever made and it has poisoned the well.
Star Wars is dead. The next film will be a colossal disaster no matter what they do with it.
Heard it referred to as soy wars.
Force Returns was pretty bad on that front.
Disney is only 2-3 flops away from bankruptcy
ROTFLMAO
I think this is better listed as ‘winning’! But that depends on one’s viewpoint.
Leftists destroy everything they touch. Stars Wars is just the most recent addition to this list.
JoMa
I don’t think it will lose money. I just don’t think it will make much.
“Kathleen Kennedy and her SJW cretins should lose their jobs.”
“Star Wars” should be changed to “Wars against men and boys”.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.dailycaller.com/2018/05/29/sjw-politics-solo-star-wars/?espv=1
Not sure about this Star Wars franchise. I might be the only one on earth who never even saw one Star Wars movie. Back in 1977, when it first came out, I never saw it. I did however like the Christmas song that came out of it.
"What Can You Get A Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Has a Comb)?"
Jon Bon Jovi sang lyrics on it. It was his first professional recording. This is a true fact.
How will Han repay Disney the Hutt?
They have to make double the budget and marketing costs to break even.
Just the latter half I think.
“Nooooooooooooooooo”.
Disney generated 42 billion in revenues last year. Losing 80 million is nothing.
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