Box Office Report: June 1-3 – ‘Solo’ Bombs In Its Second Week

June 4, 2018 Victor Medina

The news only got worse for “Solo: A Star Wars Story” in its second weekend at the box office.

After under-performing its opening weekend, “Solo” dropped 65% in its second weekend, an unprecedented drop for the mega-popular space franchise. Due to lukewarm word-of-mouth and fan backlash over the poorly-received The Last Jedi, fans are staying away in droves from the prequel.

In other box office returns, “Deadpool 2” remained strong both domestically and overseas, the Shailene Woodley survival drama “Adrift” surprised with a third-place finish, and “Avengers: Infinity War” closed in on $650 million in domestic box office.

Box Office Mojo reports.

With an estimated $29.29 million, Disney and Lucasfilms’s Solo: A Star Wars Story dipped 65% this weekend, a result that was to be expected following the film’s steady decline during the week after its disappointing debut last weekend. The film’s domestic cume ended the weekend just shy of $150 million. Internationally, Solo brought in an estimated $30.3 million for an overseas total that now stands at $115.3 million and a global cume totaling $264.2 million.

Fox and Marvel’s Deadpool 2 delivered a second place finish with an estimated $23.3 million, pushing the film’s domestic cume just shy of $255 million as it enters its third week in release. Additionally, the film climbed back to the top of the international charts this weekend, bringing in an estimated $41.5 million, pushing its overseas cume to $344 million for a global tally just shy of $600 million, moving into the top 150 all-time. The film’s international performance this weekend was led by a $5.5 million debut in Japan.

In third, STX’s survival drama Adrift brought in an estimated $11.5 million from 3,015 locations. This puts the debut performance for the $35 million production on par with pre-weekend comps including McFarland, USA and Everything, Everything and just ahead of The Mountain Between Us. One difference between those films and Adrift, however, is Adrift’s “B” CinemaScore compared to the “A-” earned by Mountain and Everything, as well as the “A” for McFarland. All told, Adrift could struggle to reach $30 million domestically as it must contend with a continued barrage of summer releases.

Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War brought in an estimated $10.37 million, landing in fourth position as it kicks off its sixth weekend in release with a domestic cume that now stands at $642.8 million. Internationally, the film added another $24.3 million this weekend, pushing its overseas cume to $1.33 billion for a global tally that is now just ~$35 million shy of becoming only the fourth film to have ever topped $2 billion worldwide.

Here are the weekend Top Ten.