'Solo' had the biggest opening ever ... for a heist movie
 

'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.*

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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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