Most box office talk is just click bait fodder. They built SW up now they want to tear it down. The movie will be fine and Star Wars will be fine. Anybody who stayed home because they hated TLJ, thank you! As I went at the last minute on Thursday night, I got a nice seat. 😉
When movies cost 500 million dollars to make and market, an 84 million dollar domestic take on opening weekend is very concerning, especially when it’s the movie based on the most likable character in all of Star Wars.
Arguably they should have stuck to the December release schedule, and it’s a really crowded summer. Let’s see how some people cope waiting 18 long months for the next movie now.
As for most likeable character, they haven’t made the Chewbacca movie yet. 😛