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It wasn’t very well reviewed and disappointed at the box office, but in the universe of Star Wars fanboys, even Solo: A Star Wars story has its adherents (disclosure: I am one of them). So when NME took a tour through Ron Howard’s oeuvre with the director, the mandatory question about a sequel had to be…

Ron Howard has said that online trolls were partly to blame for the lacklustre box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who is currently promoting upcoming documentary Pavarotti, told the Happy Sad Confused podcast that "aggressive trolling" was a crucial factor in the film's…

Deadline's annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year's most profitable films. For the second year in a row, we decided to look at those ambitious features which did not connect with the masses. Here are the movies our experts said posted the worst losses. THE FILM MORTAL ENGINES UNIVERSA…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday that 20 films are eligible for consideration in the Visual Effects category at the 91st Oscars. Nominations will be unveiled January 22. Later this month, the Movie Academy’s Visual Effects Branch executive committee will select a shortlist of 10 films that…

UPDATED with Boba Fett movie news: We’ve confirmed reports that Disney/Lucasfilm is no longer moving forward with a Boba Fett movie for the time being, instead zeroing on the upcoming Jon Favreau-executive produced Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which the studio is prepping for its upcoming streaming…

What do words cost? In contemporary Hollywood, quite a bit, apparently. If you believe those who say First Man was hurt by Ryan Gosling's 'globalist' defense of director Damien Chazelle's decision not to depict astronaut Neil Armstrong's planting of an American flag on the moon—and the Internet is crawling with those…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has come in above yesterday's estimates with $151.1M in its international box office opening. T-Rex banged a gong in 48 markets this weekend with the J.A. Bayona-directed JWFK No. 1 in each, including some record debuts. The…

Director Ron Howard has responded to a fan’s lament on Twitter regarding the disappointing perceptions of Solo: A Star Wars Story, saying the poor audience turnout made him “feel badly.” Fan Kris Fairbanks tweeted, “I’ve been reading so many theories as to why ‘Solo’ hasn’t been doing so well at the box office – sad…

Solo: A Star Wars Story has mustered only $264 million at the worldwide box office, but one prominent voice on Wall Street blames the misfire on “poor marketing,” not a larger issue with the franchise. Doug Creutz, a veteran media analyst at Cowen, issued a report to investors that reaffirmed his “market perform&#8221…

UPDATE, WRITETRHU: Disney/Lucasfilm's Solo: A Star Wars Story continued its very bumpy ride this weekend with a sophomore session that was worth $30.3M at the international box office. That's a 47% drop from last weekend's launch of the Han Solo origins story when comparing the Friday-Sunday portions. While the hold…

5th Update Sunday 7AM: With updated chart as of 9AM A dull weekend at the box office, and Saturday night really didn’t move the needle that much. Disney is calling Solo: A Star Wars Story at $29.3M, -65%, for a running total of $148.9M. This is after a Saturday that was +51% over Friday with $12.4M. That’s the lowest…

In the wake of the best Memorial Day stretch since 2014 with $227.6M, the box office will now go to sleep this weekend. While there are wide releases, many of them are counterprogramming options to the event titles out there. Disney’s Solo: A Star Wars Story will pull in a second weekend in the low $30Ms, experiencing…