I think you would have a much easier time teaching people to ignore review sites and just go see a freaking movie without putting more thought into buying a movie ticket than most people put into buying a house.
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Han Solo - A Star Wars Story
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Princess Leia
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Solo made $14.1 Million at the domestic box office last night, beating the previous 'Thursday before Memorial Day' record of $13.2M, which was set by Pirates 3 eleven years ago. Add that to the $11.4 it's made internationally so far, and the total is about $25.5M.
Sirwalterraleigh
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I have it...platinum level...and regal crown rewards.
“Fandango” was the first thing that jumped to mind...you get the idea.
I have 6 amcs within 8 miles of home and office
tribbleorlfl
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Did you see Solo at the Fan Event at your AMC? The exclusive replica dice we got are legit and going for $30-50 on eBay right now.
tribbleorlfl
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I can't really add more to the discussion than @TeddyinMO or @Master Yoda said, but my criteria of a good movie is "Did I not regret buying a ticket?" afterwards. For "Solo", my answer to that is an emphatic "yes." It's not a cinematic masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination (none of the Switch films are, even "Empire"), but it was a fun, enjoyable romp. If the jaded fanboys actually give it a chance, I'm quite certain it will wash out the bad taste TLJ might have left them with.
No. The fan events were in the IMAX theaters and we were in one of the smaller theaters wit the large, comfortable seats.
DisneyFreak
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Better movie titles than Solo: A Star Wars Story....
The Scruffy Looking Nerf Herder: A Star Wars Story
Scoundrel who Shot First: A Star Wars Story
The Millennium Falcon: A Star Wars Story
The Scruffy Looking Nerf Herder: A Star Wars Story
Scoundrel who Shot First: A Star Wars Story
The Millennium Falcon: A Star Wars Story
Disney Analyst
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Just caught it, really enjoyed! Very fast paced, and entertaining.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Oh it’s gonna be an underperformer by star wars standards for sure...
It’s curious to see what they do with it. Last jedi had the most “empty” box office take in history for a movie not involving vin diesel stealing cars...
So does the grand wizard Kathy Kennedy Feel a better received, but far lower gross movie - which solo could be - is a fail unlike the crap that has sucked money out of legacy/nostalgia?
There’s a very good chance we see that play out and I’m interested to see what goes on next?
- In the Parks
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I saw it Thursday it is a fun and entertaining summer movie, its not a the fate of the galaxy rests in so and so's hands, its about seeing where Han came from and how he met some of the important characters in his life, inc throwing in a few we never knew about. It probably wont make mega money but will draw in a good chuck of change for Disney and supposedly it is going to be a trilogy but that may depend on how it does or Disney may just go ahead and make them anyway as long as it makes decent money like I said.
tonymu
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I saw it last night. It is a very good Star Wars movie. When it is over you go wow that was fast. Then you realize it was not a short movie it was just engaging and entertaining that you never got bored. The characters were all perfect. The story was good. The humor was just right. It was everything I hoped it would be. There is no way that every Star Wars movie is going to always be way better than the last. All the Star Wars movies I have seen in the last few years, including Solo, have been WAY better than episodes I, II and III.
DisneyFreak
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They certainly left it open for a sequel.
MuteSuperstar
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If these underwhelming box office numbers hold, I think Disney is gonna be doing some serious re-thinking about what they are doing here. They may have underestimated the damage done by Last Jedi to a significant portion of the fanbase.
I'm especially shocked at the overseas numbers. 11.5 million total in 43 territories on Wed and Thurs? Wow.
I'm especially shocked at the overseas numbers. 11.5 million total in 43 territories on Wed and Thurs? Wow.
21stamps
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I didn’t even know that it came out on Wednesday... I thought Thursday was the release.
Did you like the movie?
Princess Leia
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Official American date was Friday, but most theaters do Thursday previews (those numbers are included in Friday’s totals). A lot of countries have their opening release on Wednesday though.
MuteSuperstar
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Yes I was talking about the overseas market. I got that info from Deadline.com which extensively covers global box office. According to them, not counting an estimated 3 mil from China, the Wednesday and Thursday take was only 11.5 million in 43 overseas markets.
Edited to add link to Deadline's latest story....65 million in 54 overseas markets for the weekend.
Deadline international box office recap
I have not seen it yet. I enjoyed Force Awakens and Rogue One well enough despite their flaws, but more or less hated 90% of Last Jedi, which I didn't even get around to until about 2 weeks ago. Not in a big hurry to see Solo. I'm pretty much of the mind that the first three films are the only ones that really matter to me. The new stuff is just too much assembly line CGI tedium and lame quips for my taste. But I find most modern blockbusters in the CGI-overkill era to be wastes of time, with some exceptions, so I'm really not the target audience for this stuff anymore. I don't have a whole lot of desire to see characters in Star Wars saying stuff like "Let's do this!".
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mikejs78
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I don't think Last Jedi had much to do with it other than proximity of release dates. Reception wise, Last Jedi was better received than Solo, even though audiences who saw it still like Solo. Last Jedi was at the top of the streaming movie charts when it came out, and is still #2 on Blu Ray sales. So aside from online fanboi's who don't like the movie because it "ruined star wars", LJ was quite popular.
Regarding Solo, there's a lot to unpack here. A lot of things went into this opening to be very lackluster.
* Only 5 months since last SW film
* Very close proximity to Infinity War and Deadpool, which have similar demographics. I have several friends who are interested in Solo, but they don't see it as on the same level as LJ or even Rogue One (in terms of the epic quality), and since they just went to the movies to see Infinity War, they may wait until it's available for streaming.
* Summer, as opposed to December: December had become "Star Wars Season" in the mind of the public consciousness. Couple that with:
* Not nearly the same level of marketing as for the last several films.
* Memorial Day Weekend has been notoriously bad for new movies for about the last 10 years. Whoever decided to release Solo this weekend must have been crazy.
Really I think the above combined for the big drop. Also, Solo is a fine move. It's a fun tomorrow, as many have described. But it's not a blockbuster level Star Wars film. Beyond the Saga films, Star Wars as a modem franchise is still trying to get it's footing. Marvel and the MCU went through the same growing pains. Hulk/Thor/Captain America, the First Avenger, and Thor Dark World were all not as well received as the Iron Man films. Yet Marvel had found their footing: most of the movies in Phase 3 have been excellent and very well received. Star Wars has to be able to experiment without fanboi's jumping around whenever they make a bold creative choice. They also have to start avoiding "safe" stories like Solo and go in more interesting creative directions. One of the things they Marvel had figured out is that the different movies have to be different types of movies, different styles, different tones, in order to be successful in the long run.
MuteSuperstar
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I think this is way too reductive and dismissive of a lot of legit criticisms of TLJ (which I found mostly terrible), but otherwise you make some good points that I agree with...they really should have waited until christmas. However, I do find it a little unsettling that these endless Marvel movies (I've seen maybe 4 of them) all do well regardless of release date, while we may be seeing a juggernaut like Star Wars starting to hit a certain level of fatigue.
But again, I am no longer the target audience for these movies anyway. 90% of the time when I sit down to watch something it's going to be something from the 30s-80s (mostly 60s-80s really). I've seen enough fake, grey CGI armies running into each other for this lifetime.
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mikejs78
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One of the good things for the franchise is that we are now 18 months away from the next SW movie. And it's a saga movie. Enough breathing room and enough time to retool a little to make sure the trilogy goes out with a bang, which I think they may be able to do given that the focus will be all on the new characters and not on expectations of any of the old guard.