With around $1.811 million yesterday (a decent -39% drop from last Monday) and a $178.5m 18-day domestic total, the Ron Howard-directed Han Solo origin story will likely end its domestic run somewhere between $205m and $210m. If it ends up below $209m, and at this point, I'd say that's likely, it'll be the lowest-grossing live-action Star Wars movie even sans any inflation or reissues. The Empire Strikes Back earned $209m in its initial 1980 theatrical release, and subsequent reissues (including the 1997 Special Edition reissue that added $67m) have brought that figure up to $290m.
If you adjust for inflation, it has earned around $899 million in domestic earnings. And it has earned, sans inflation or overseas expansion, $538m worldwide over the last 38 years. The lowest-grossing live-action Star Wars movie in terms of unadjusted global grosses was Return of the Jedi. The third Star Wars movie went up 20.5% from Empire Strikes Back and earned $252m in 1983. With its various reissues, including the $43m earned by its 1997 Special Edition release, it has earned $309m in North America since 1983, or about $861m when adjusted for inflation).
Oh, and it was, until last month, the lowest-grossing Star Wars movie in unadjusted worldwide grosses. Counting reissues but not counting inflation, currency exchange rates or overseas expansion, Return of the Jedi has earned $475 million since 1983, and around $386m worldwide not counting the 1997 reissue. With around $313m worldwide thus far and fading fast (especially overseas), Solo may see a final global cume of over/under $365m, or about on par with the Fifty Shades sequels.
