1) Star Wars blows, Star Trek rules.
2) Maybe the Star Wars folks will learn a lesson from the Star Trek people and not water down the franchise with a movie every single year. It's safe to say that Star Wars fatigue has set in. The more recent Star Trek reboots have been spaced out over a three / four year period, so maybe they'll figure it out.
[The Wrap] - "Solo: A Star Wars Story" is continuing to fall fast at the box office, as industry estimates project a second weekend total of just $29 million.
On its second Friday, "Solo" only made $8.1 million, a staggering 77 percent drop from the already low $35.3 million the "Star Wars" anthology film made on its opening day. Even when taking out the $14.1 million from Thursday previews that counted towards the opening Friday total, the Friday-to-Friday drop is still 62 percent.
As for the weekend downtrend, a $29 million total would be a 66 percent drop-off from the film’s $84.7 million Friday-Sunday launch. By comparison, the last "Star Wars" release, "The Last Jedi," had a drop-off of 67 percent. |