Quote:STAR WARS’ Solo may have struggled at the box office - but the good news is it hasn’t been quite as much of a flop as some predicted. Solo has limped over the $200 million mark domestically (US only), to reach a new total of $210 million.

That is, despite gloomy forecasts to the contrary, more than The Empire Strikes Back ($209.4 million); the movie many would argue is the best Star Wars caper of all time.

There’s a catch, though: that ‘achievement’ doesn’t account for inflation, or for Empire’s numerous re-releases. With inflation factored in, Empire’s gross would - of course - be much higher.

But the bottom line is that, while Solo is still something of a negative anomaly among Star Wars movies, things aren’t quite as bad as they appeared.

Disney are still expected to lose tens of millions of dollars from Solo; their first experience of relative failure with the Star Wars franchise....