Disney's profits show why he should have released "Solo" in December

Despite the upheaval, Disney has not changed the release date of the May 10 movie. "Solo" was sandwiched between two of Disney's big summer movies: "Avengers: Infinity War" and "The Incredibles 2" and released in theaters a week before "Deadpool 2."

"There were too many crossovers between streams to cite another franchise," said Shawn Robbins, senior badyst at BoxOffice.

"Solo" has been widely criticized at the box office, earning less than $ 400 million worldwide in 2018. This is the least successful "Star Wars" movie in history.

"Regarding the creative side, it's still hard to define definitions," said Robbins, noting that "Solo" may have benefited from the release of its release date and allow Lucasfilm to spend more time. time to rework the story and re-film.

Of course, there was no guarantee that "Solo" would have been a box-office success in December, even with some adjustments.

The film would still have had to compete with Warner Bros. & # 39; "Aquaman", which raised $ 324 million in the United States and raised more than $ 1 billion in international box office.

"You can also guess," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior badyst at Comscore. "But, it was perhaps better to release the movie and survive the storm of criticism … Disney is so big and so powerful that she can cope with it and move on."