Early box office tracking is placingSolo: A Star Wars Storyjust below the first weekend ofRogue One. The movie hits theaters at the end of May and so far, the reactions have been pretty mixed in terms of what we’ve been presented with. However, things are looking up now that we’ve finally seen some footage forSolo, which was released last month. Some of the new promotional material has given hardcoreStar Warsfans hope that Ron Howard has pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
According to Box Office Pro,Solois set to take in $150 million opening weekend, which is just shy of the $155 million thatRogue Onepulled in. The report goes on to predict that the movie will end with a final box office total of anywhere from $390 million to $475 million, which would put it belowRogue One’stotal of over $532 million. There are a lot of factors taken into account and the major one is that there’s a lot of big movies coming out this summer, right around the time thatSolocomes out.
Black Panther was only trackingto make a little over $130 million for its opening weekend, but it ended up nearly doubling that. However,Black Panthercame out in February without any real competition, which allowed it to smash box office records and become one of the highest grossing movies of all time. That being said,Solocould come out and surprise everybody and dominate the box office just likeBlack Pantherdid during its opening.
A lot of the speculation about the opening ofSolowill be based on the full-length trailer when it’s released.Star Warsfans are expecting to get abetter look at Alden Ehrenreich’s young Han Soloin action before any concrete decisions are made about the movie. Rumors of acting coaches and fired directors have not sat well in the public eye and many fans are still very skeptical about how goodSolocould possibly be. It should be noted that Lucasfilm and Disney are not going to settle for second best when they’re making their movies, Ron Howard was chosen for a reason and he’s expected to deliver in a big way.
The new trailer forSolo: A Star Wars Storyis expected to drop around the time of the release ofInfinity War, which is the end of April, so we don’t have to wait too much longer to see more of Alden Ehrenreich in action. Fans already approve ofDonald Glover’s Landoand we’ve barely even seen him speak and fans want to see more of Woody Harrelson. There’s still plenty of time for more predictions, but at this time, it looks likeSolowill land in the ballpark ofRogue Onewhen all of the dust finally settles. You can check out the original report over atBox Office Pro.
