Friday Estimates: Solo Opens on Low End of Expectations with $35.63 million
May 26, 2018
Historically, Memorial Day long weekend has been a major weekend at the box office; however, the past few years the weekend has struggled somewhat. If you look at the three-day and four-day records, more than half of the top ten happened a decade ago or earlier. So it is not a shock that Solo: A Star Wars Story didn’t break records on Friday by earning $35.63 million. This is slightly better than X-Men: Days of Future Past, meaning Solo has the best opening Friday for Memorial Day weekend in five years. Depending on its legs, it could earn a spot in the top five over the full weekend. Its reviews have settled on a 71% positive, which is good, but not great, while it managed an A minus from CinemaScore. The film should earn $90 million / $110 million over the weekend, which is still an okay start.
Deadpool 2 fell 77% from its opening Friday, earning just $12.1 million. It will bounce back over the rest of the weekend, but won’t match predictions with $44 million / $56 million during its sophomore stint. That said, it will still break even before it reaches the home market.
Infinity War was next with $4.26 million on Friday, putting it on pace for about $18 million over the weekend. The film will be just shy of $625 million by the end of Monday. This would have likely been enough to be the biggest box office hit of the year, if it weren’t for Black Panther.
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