i would still guess it made its money back eventually. i think we treat it like a failure because it's star wars. even the prequels "everyone hated" were still commercially successful. this was the first chink in the armor since the holiday special or maybe the clone wars movie, and people generally admit solo isn't actually bad. all considered, the lukewarm reception just seemed to slow the franchise down temporarily, which isn't such a bad thing. they may relearn this lesson tenfold unless these series all have the same level of "creatives" *retches* involved.