Ron Howard.
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There is still a disturbance in the force. Over the weekend, Deadline reported Solo: A Star Wars Story is falling short of its $130 million projection, finally breaking the $100 million mark on the fourth day since its May 24 release. But that isn’t keeping Ron Howard down. In acknowledgment of the not-so-great box office, the Solo director found his silver lining. “Didn’t meet projections but amounts to a new personal best,†he wrote in response to a fan tweet.
Now that’s exactly the level of optimism we’d expect from one of our beloved boyfriends.