Solo's Second Weekend Lowest For Star Wars Since Return of the Jedi

<img src="https://https://static3.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Alden-Ehrenreich-as-Han-Solo-Conveyex.jpg" /><p><a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/han-solo/"><strong><em>Solo: A Star Wars Story's</em></strong></a> second-weekend gross at the box office is the lowest for the <em>Star Wars</em> franchise since 1983's <em>Return of the Jedi</em>. Since its debut in 1977, the galaxy far, far away has been one of the industry's most lucrative properties, with even the maligned prequel trilogy posting strong numbers commercially. It would be reasonable to assume a <em>Star Wars</em> movie is a financial lock, but that couldn't be further from the case for <em>Solo</em>. Over its opening Memorial Day weekend, the spinoff came in well below expectations with <a href="https://screenrant.com/solo-movie-memorial-weekend-opening/">$103 million over four days</a>. That was a harbinger of things to come.</p><p>Some incredibly optimistic projections <a href="https://screenrant.com/solo-movie-box-office-second-weekend-predictions/">suggested <em>Solo</em> could earn $60+ million this weekend</a>, but reality paints a very different picture. After dropping a whopping <a href="https://screenrant.com/solo-movie-star-wars-box-office-flop/">77 percent Friday-to-Friday</a>, <em>Solo</em> proved to have no legs at all and scored one of the worst second weekends the franchise has ever seen.</p> <strong>Click to continue reading <a href="https://screenrant.com/solo-star-wars-movie-second-weekend-box-office/">Solo's Second Weekend Lowest For Star Wars Since Return of the Jedi</a></strong><br /><br /> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/solo-star-wars-movie-second-weekend-box-office/">Solo's Second Weekend Lowest For Star Wars Since Return of the Jedi</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/">ScreenRant</a>
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June 03, 2018 at 12:06AM