SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY falters in second weekend box office

The weekend is over. The receipts have been counted. Solo: A Star Wars Story has suffered from a difficult second weekend at the box office.

In North America the returns fell around 65% from the $84.7m opening. This weekend the film was able to keep the top spot on the charts but only grossed an extra $29.3m for a domestic total of $148.9m. Bare in mind the film was originally forecast to make $130m-$170m in it’s opening weekend alone those numbers aren’t good.

Sadly the picture is equally as un-inspiring internationally. Despite already having opened in nearly all international territories the film had a second weekend haul of $30.3. That means two weeks in to its box office run Solo has only been able to amass $264.2m.

Analysts believe the film will now struggle to hit $400m worldwide.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Emilia Clarke as Kira, Woodly Harrelson as Beckett, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian and Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca. The film also stars Thandie Newton, Warwick Davis and Paul Bettany and hits cinemas May 25, 2018.

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