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Solo Slumps But Takes First Domestically While Deadpool 2 Tops the International Box Office

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Solo: A Star Wars Story suffered a steep drop in its second weekend at the box office taking in an estimated $29.3 million. That’s a drop of 65.3% from its debut week and put its domestic gross at $148.9 million. The film also earned $30.3 million to bring its international total to $115.3 million and worldwide total to $264.2 million. Compared to the three other Disney Star Wars releases, Solo is far behind at the same point of their runs. After two weekends The Force Awakens had over $540 million, Rogue One was over $286 million, and The Last Jedi was over $368 million. The film isn’t even performing at the 1/3 drop we’ve seen between first and second films in the Star Wars franchise. The recent trilogy saw exactly that but Solo is about 51% of what Rogue One was at this point (and yes, we know they’re not sequels).

Deadpool 2 held steady in second place with an estimated $23.3 million. Domestically the film has earned $254.7 million after three weeks. The film took the top spot at the international box office bringing in an estimated $41.5 million which brought that total to a little over $344 million. Part of that jump at the international box office was the film’s debut in Japan where it earned $5.5 million.

In third place was the debut of Adrift which earned an estimated $11.5 million. The film also earned $350,000 at the foreign box office. The drama has a budget of $35 million and will likely match that when its run is done.

Avengers: Infinity War dropped one spot from last weekend to come in fourth. The film earned an estimated $10.4 million to bring its domestic total to $642.9 million. The film also added an estimated $24.3 million at the international box office to bring that total to $1.322 billion. Together, the film has earned $1.965 billion and is just $35 million short of topping $2 billion which would make it the fourth film to have done so. Expect that to happen in the next two weeks.

Rounding out the top five was Book Club which earned $6.8 million. The film has earned $47.3 million in total domestically so far in its run.

in other comic movie news…

Black Panther came in at #18 with $247,000 to bring its domestic total to $699.1 million. With its $646.2 million at the foreign box office the film has earned $1.345 billion so far in its run.

The Death of Stalin improved to come in at #37, up from last week’s #38. The film added $29,102 to its total to bring that to $7,943,777.

My Friend Dahmer which was released domestically in 2017 opened up in Australia where it earned $8,801 from two theaters.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive in to 2018’s comic releases.

Solo Stumbles Leading the Memorial Day Weekend

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Solo: A Star Wars Story topped the Memorial Day weekend box office but fell short of expectations and projections. The film earned an estimated $83.3 million over the three days and should be about $100 million once the four day weekend is over. Disney had projected the film would earned between $130-150 million for the four day weekend. With a $300 million budget before advertising, that’s a massive stumble for the Star Wars franchise. Internationally the film brought in about $65 million with only Japan as a major market yet to see its release as well as Croatia and Trinidad next weekend.

The weekend was generally up from the previous year where the three day weekend almost equaled the total from the four day weekend. So, we can eliminate individuals not going to the movies as to the issue.

The film’s issue absolutely had something to do with a crowded market that saw Deadpool 2 open the previous weekend and Avengers: Infinity War two weeks earlier. That latter film had its opening date moved up a week due to the crowded market. The one thing that may be in Solo‘s favor is that things are pretty clear until June 22nd when Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opens. Still, the film will be lucky to cross the $200 million mark and will likely be one of the lowest grossing Star Wars films ever. The film also received a positive review from audiences with an “A-” CinemaScore but it was the first Disney Star Wars film to not get an “A.” The audience was 58% male and 64% over the age of 25.

In second place was Deadpool 2 which saw a 66% drop to earn $42.7 million and bring its domestic total to $207.4 million. The film almost beat Solo internationally with an estimated $57 million there. The film opens in Japan on June 1. Worldwide the film has brought in $487.1 million.

Avengers: Infinity War came in third place with an estimated $16.5 million. Domestically the film has earned $621.7 million and worldwide $1.905 billion. It remains as the fourth largest global release of all-time.

In fourth place was Book Club with an estimated $9.4 million which brought its total to $31.8 million.

Rounding out the top five was Life of the Party with an estimated $5.1 million to bring its total to $39.1 million domestically.

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Black Panther slipped just one spot to earn an estimated $453,000 after 15 weeks. The film’s domestic total is $689.6 million and $1.345 billion worldwide.

The Death of Stalin improved to come in at #32 with an estimated $38,742 to bring its domestic total to $7.9 million.

We’ll be back in an hour to do a deeper dive into this year’s comic adaptations.

Deadpool 2 Has Second Largest R-Rated Opening and Nets $301 Million Worldwide

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It was a solid weekend for Deadpool 2 though it didn’t deliver a record opening weekend domestically as expected. The film was the number one film for the weekend with $125 million domestically over three days. That’s the second largest R-rated opening ever behind the first film’s $132.4 million debut two years ago. It beat It which opened with $123.4 million last September.

The film opened in 81 markets internationally bringing in an estimated $176.3 million. That’s a record debut for Fox International beating X-Men: Days of Future Past. That film had $38.3 million from China. Deadpool didn’t play in China though did play last month at the Beijing International Film Festival. The sequel doesn’t have a release date currently.

Worldwide the film earned $301.3 million. It received an “A” CinemaScore with 62% 25 years or older (up from the previous film’s 53%). It was 61% male.

Avengers: Infinity War was bumped to second. It earned $28.7 million domestically in its fourth week and has earned $595 million after 24 days. It’s the eighth largest domestic release of all time.

Internationally the film added $84.4 million and its foreign total is $1.218 billion. Worldwide the film has earned $1.81 billion and is the fourth largest global release of all time and third largest international release of all time.

In third place was Book Club which debuted with an estimated $12.5 million. That beats some expectations.

Life of the Party took fourth place with an estimated $7.7 million to bring its domestic total to $31 million.

Rounding out the top five was Beaking In which brought in $6.5 million for a domestic total of $28.8 million. Even after a deep drop the film is doing quite well considering its budget was just $6 million.

In other comic movie news…

Black Panther dropped to #13 with $823,000. The film domestically has earned $697.8 million and worldwide the film has earned $1.344 billion.

The Death of Stalin dipped to #31 with an estimated $61,432 after 11 weeks. The film has earned $7.8 million domestically.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into this year’s comic adaptation.