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Spoilers Star Wars: Solo - Grading and Discussion Thread

What would you rate it?

  • A+

    Votes: 7 4.5%

  • A

    Votes: 25 16.1%

  • A-

    Votes: 28 18.1%

  • B+

    Votes: 38 24.5%

  • B

    Votes: 24 15.5%

  • C

    Votes: 18 11.6%

  • D

    Votes: 12 7.7%

  • F

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Total voters
    155
JUst back from seeing it. I enjoyed it and there were plenty of screens showing it. Ours was about half full (10am start) but when we came down, it wasn't as packed as I'd expect:(
 
Mach5 said:
Unless the word of mouth turns things around, there isn't gonna be a sequel. As it stands, it's not going to make half the money Rogue One made.

It's actually looking to make less money than AOTC unadjusted ($310M domestic, 650M. global).
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In other words, it’s unadjusted gross will be higher than Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man, and possibly Captain America: Winter Soldier, all of which got sequels. There will be another Solo movie, and I believe the gross for this one will be just north of $300 million domestic. Considering the competition I think that’s pretty good.

I didn’t expect to like this when it was first announced, but it was the most fun of the Disney Star Wars movies to date. A B+ from me. I’m taking the family to see it again today.
 
Garth Rockett said:
In other words, it’s unadjusted gross will be higher than Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man, and possibly Captain America: Winter Soldier, all of which got sequels.There will be another Solo movie, and I believe the gross for this one will be just north of $300 million domestic.
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Positive word of mouth could theoretically push it above $300 mil., it's happened before. It took 8 days for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to pass $100 mil. and it ended up grossing four times that.

DEADLINE: Why Is ‘Solo’ Flying So Low At The B.O.? Memorial Day Opening Now At $114M+
On the plus side, Solo‘s projections have improved since this morning, and in exit polls, audiences don’t loathe it in a Batman v. Superman kind of way giving the Star Wars spinoff an 89% overall positive on ComScore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak and an A- CinemaScore. That’s the first A- for a Disney Star Wars title (which until now have all earned As), but right in line with the grades of Episodes I-III. While moviegoers are slow to arrive to Solo, hopefully once they leave the auditorium they’ll preach the good word, and PostTrak shows a healthy 73% definite recommend.

Some commenters here are eager to declare Solo an all-out failure in the Justice League sense of the word, but it’s still too premature. The film could see a spike in younger audiences today and tomorrow. However, at this minute it’s a blase start for a Disney Star Wars title considering the hope the studio had for a new franchise. Furthermore, with overseas collapsing, profit is doubtful on Solo especially when factoring in an estimated production cost well north of $300M before P&A. Unlike other event titles, recent Disney Star Wars movies aren’t driven by overseas ticket sales where foreign reps 60% or more of a title’s global B.O.

But, really, why is Solo flying so low?

Most rival distribution sources argue it’s less about the spinoff’s behind-the-scenes melodrama in its change-up of directors or the fact that Alden Ehrenreich doesn’t look like a young Harrison Ford, rather Disney is pumping out another Star Wars way too soon.
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thribs said:
Just came back from it. It was pretty good. No real surprises except for of course,
Darth Maul.
That’s going to confuse people who’ve only seen the movies. :)
It was nice to see Kessel and the mining operations. No spiders though which is a shame. I’m sure that’ll help people who read Crucible or Jedi Academy image it better.

Didn’t really leave a lot for a sequel. I suppose they could do something with Kira and Maul. This potential Obi Wan Movie would be good for that if that stupid Rebels show didn’t mess everything up.
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I think you forgot to mention the spoiler tag; all this time I thought that the mystery surprise cameo at the end was Jar Jar Binks. :p :D
 
I think it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, most commentators have been saying for months this film will be shite because of the shenanigans behind the scenes and as a result, that has translated to less bums on seats.
 
CorporalCaptain said:
Except the box office from TLJ was massive.

No, we have to look for other reasons.
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I'm sure there was some box office backlash from TLJ. Fan boys just can't be wrong, after all. But there is no way that its this big of a decline from the TLJ backlash. There just really aren't that many angry fans. Counting down to the few vocal minority fans here that will disagree with me in 3...2...
 
Dimesdan said:
I think it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, most commentators have been saying for months this film will be shite because of the shenanigans behind the scenes and as a result, that has translated to less bums on seats.
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Fine with me, they can be quite smelly!
 
I am not so optimistic about a sequel. The movie was made for $250 million and the costs for marketing and promotion push it up to approximately $500 million. It is in a elite group of films, which include Captain America: Civl War and The Fate of the Furious. It will need to make more than $1 billion to break even. With the international market, where the bulk of money is earned in today's blockbusters, being soft for this film, the backlash against what some see as SJW propaganda being forced into Star Wars, and the fact that the story was okay, but not great and not exciting the audience, the film will fall short of its mark.

http://variety.com/2018/film/featur...ory-directors-reshoots-ron-howard-1202817841/
 
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