What were they thinking releasing the Han Solo movie in the same month as Infinity War? IW is the (first part of the) culmination of ten years of MCU movies but Solo is going to eat into its take because it’s Star Wars. Why pit your biggest franchises against each other like that?

Avengers comes out on the 4th, Solo on the 25th, so it’s more a beginning/end of the month thing. I think Disney think that Avengers Infinity War is going to make the bulk of its money in those first three weeks like the first two did, and that by the 25th their audience will be more word-of-mouth and repeat viewers, whereas the Solo audience in the first couple of weeks will be first time viewers.

Also, they own both franchises – the dollars all go into the same pocket at the end of the day.