'Solo' had the biggest opening ever ... for a heist movie
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Han Solo has got himself in a whole bunch of money troubles again — Earth money this time, not galactic credits.
Solo: A Star Wars Story made $101 million at the U.S. box office over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. That was far short of the $130 million Disney had projected, and the weakest opening weekend for any Star Wars live action film since 2002's Attack of the Clones.
But if you set its stellar expectations aside, Solo has already smashed box office records ... from a certain point of view.
Not only was it the strongest May movie opening since 2014, but the genre that Solo belongs in — the heist movie — has never seen numbers like this. Mega-hits like Inception, Fast Five and Ocean's Eleven, not to mention Oscar winners like Argo, could only dream of a $100 million opening weekend. (Numbers below courtesy of Box Office Mojo.) Read more...
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