We all knew thatStar Wars: The Last Jediwould make a ridiculous amount of money, so the only question was “How much?” Disney has just send out a press release announcing that in only 11 days, theStar Warssequel has surpassedWonder Womanas the second-highest grossing film of 2017.Wonder Womantopped out at $412 million domestically.The Last Jedihas now raked in $424 million domestically and $420.2 million internationally for a worldwide total of $844.2 million, which is particularly impressive when you consider that it still hasn’t opened in China yet.
Right now, the 2017 domestic box office crown belongs toBeauty and the Beast(so Disney wins either way) with a total of $504 million.Beauty and the Beastalso has the worldwide record for 2017 with $1.2 billion. It wouldn’t be surprising ifThe Last Jedibeats both of those numbers in the weeks ahead.
While detractors will point to the steep dropThe Last Jedias a way of showing that the movie isn’t as good asThe Force Awakensor that fans are abandoning the property, keep in mind that the reason these movies have been so dominant in this frame is that they have legs. Although it’s possible thatThe Last Jedifalls flat on its face and comes up painfully short, the success of previous December releases (whether they’reStar Warsor not), indicates that audiences will keep coming back because there’s not much in the way of competition since January is such a wasteland.
Although it probably won’t reach the highs ofThe Force Awakens, I doubt anyone at Disney is super bummed thatThe Last Jedihas made almost a billion dollars worldwide in less than two weeks.
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