HAN SOLO MEMORIAL (day weekend) THREAD | Solo Flops Domestically with 83M/101M weekend. Spectacularly Bombs Overseas with 65M weekend.

[The Panda]

4 minutes ago, Jandrew said:

Can someone without hyperbole, a stupid head emoji, or sarcasm tell me WHY this numbers are being seen as so bad? It's a Han Solo spinoff six months away from another Star Wars movie. I'm getting the feeling that yall act like Star Wars is entitled. SW is the Lebron James of cinema. If this makes mid $200m or so, why is that seen as so bad?

It’s a record low for SW and may not make theatrical profit.  That’s not good.

 

I don’t think it’s doomed the brand or means there can never another SW movie again (just like I don’t think DC has no hope to make a profitable movie again).  But I do think it means Disney may need to rethink this whole annual release and spin-off solo movie stuff.

[Barnack]

3 minutes ago, Jandrew said:

Can someone without hyperbole, a stupid head emoji, or sarcasm tell me WHY this numbers are being seen as so bad? It's a Han Solo spinoff six months away from another Star Wars movie. I'm getting the feeling that yall act like Star Wars is entitled. SW is the Lebron James of cinema. If this makes mid $200m or so, why is that seen as so bad?

Well SW was the Lebron James of cinema in the domestic market.

 

Every Star Wars movies except one were the biggest movie of the year, including 2015, 2016, 2017....

 

The worst happened with the prequel number 2 when it finished #3 of the year.

 

This one could possibly miss the top 10, something that was unfathomable to almost everyone in early 2016. 

 

[Hunch]

Is it possible Chris Pratt as Peter Quill somewhat diluted the appeal of Solo, at least for millennials and Gen Z kids?

 

Pratt's portrayal is obviously based on Han Solo, but he does it so well and the Guardians films have been really popular that maybe audiences weren't interested in another character like that, especially when it's obviously a cash grab by recasting Ford with a younger actor. We also just saw the actual Han in Force Awakens less than 3 years ago.

 

Also, Alden Eihneneichwhatever is nowhere near as good looking or charismatic as young Harrison Ford or present day Chris Pratt.

Edited May 25, 2018 by Hunch

[Brainbug]

LMAO at that true Friday. Like wtf. It could actually be under The Last Jedis 3rd Friday lolololol.

 

 

[Ryan Reynolds]

Jumanji 3 >>>> Episode IX

[MrGlass2]

12 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

This is like AWIT 2.0

A Wrinkle in Hyperspace.

[Jonwo]

Just now, Pandamia! said:

It’s a record low for SW and may not make theatrical profit.  That’s not good.

 

I don’t think it’s doomed the brand or means there can never another SW movie again (just like I don’t think DC has no hope to make a profitable movie again).  But I do think it means Disney may need to rethink this whole annual release and spin-off solo movie stuff.

Disney isn't going to cancel any Star Wars films in development, I imagine they'll see it as a blip and concentrate on IX. 

[Nova]

1 minute ago, Brainbug said:

LMAO at that true Friday. Like wtf. It could actually be under The Last Jedis 3rd Friday lolololol.

 

 

That true Friday could go under Deadpool 2's Thursday preview number 

[Chewy]

1 minute ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

Jumanji 3 >>>> Episode IX

 

Ant-Man 3 >>>> Episode IX

[Serpico Jones]

Not to mention the fact that the character died like a punk in his last movie.

[Ithil]

11 minutes ago, Jandrew said:

Can someone without hyperbole, a stupid head emoji, or sarcasm tell me WHY this numbers are being seen as so bad? It's a Han Solo spinoff six months away from another Star Wars movie. I'm getting the feeling that yall act like Star Wars is entitled. SW is the Lebron James of cinema. If this makes mid $200m or so, why is that seen as so bad?

The last Star Wars spin-off did a billion dollars. This may do less than half of that. In fact it might do well less than half.

Edited May 25, 2018 by Ithil

[a2k]

2 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

Jumanji 3 >>>> Episode IX

 

Just now, Chewy said:

 

Ant-Man 3 >>>> Episode IX

TGS 2 >>>>>> Episode IX

[CoolioD1]

Just now, Chewy said:

 

Ant-Man 3 >>>> Episode IX

Now You See Three >>>> Episode IX

[Hunch]

Just now, Jonwo said:

Disney isn't going to cancel any Star Wars films in development, I imagine they'll see it as a blip and concentrate on IX. 

I don't think they'll cancel anything...yet...but there's no way they see this is a blip.

 

With a $250m+ budget and $180m (rumoured) marketing budget and a total WW gross that may not reach $500m, this has potential to lose LOTS of money. That's not a blip.

[Cooper Legion]

1 minute ago, Chewy said:

 

Ant-Man 3 >>>> Episode IX

This is shockingly possible, to be honest.         

 

[MrGlass2]

11 minutes ago, Hunch said:

Imagine thinking Shuri and whatever her name was are anywhere near Kirsten Dunst's iconic, generation-defining turn as Mary Jane Watson 

I would agree with that but unfortunately it would have been so much better if Raimi had waited until the end of the movie for the big reveal that

Spoiler

she was called MJ.

 

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, Jonwo said:

Disney isn't going to cancel any Star Wars films in development, I imagine they'll see it as a blip and concentrate on IX. 

If it’s already in production, nah they won’t.

 

But will they actually go forward with a Jabba the Hutt or Boba Fett movie in reality?  Not positive about that unless they adjust their budgets accordingly

[Jandrew]

Okay okay, I get. I haven't been keeping track of box office or tracking, didn't know the budget was that high. I just know the forum likes to turn discussions into "lol haha lol venom head emoji haha JJ head emoji lol", so I was curious on why exactly it was seen as so bad. I see now, though I still don't see why it really matters in the grand scheme.

 

Not like this is some original movie that we were hoping could bud into a new franchise, it's still yet another Star Wars. I'm not hurting for Disney and they're still gonna pump out a billion SW movies. If anything it's fresh air. SW and Marvel dominance is diluting the fun of the chart.

[MCKillswitch123]

And people were having meltdowns about Deadpool 2's OW, Solo might fall below that for 4 fucking days on MDW/e

[a2k]

this got to be the worst ow to number-of-pages-in-thread ratio. we could already be under 1.0 and diving.

Edited May 25, 2018 by A2k Raptor