Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has held on to the top spot at the North America for a second weekend. Taking an estimated $72m, the Disney/Lucasfilm release fell by approximately -59% from it’s huge $177m opening weekend.
Despite a stellar Christmas Day performance of $32.1m the film has begun to slow down in the post-holiday slump. Performance year-on-year in North America was down by just under -5% on 2018.
The film’s domestic gross now sits at around $361m and will easily cross $400m this week. By comparison Skywalker is outpacing the previous entry in the franchise, The Last Jedi, which fell -67.5% in its second weekend.
Internationally, Skywalker, continues to perform well, raking in an estimated $94.3m over the weekend for a $363m international total. It’s worth noting that many major territories celebrated Christmas this week with cinemas closed on 25th, unlike North America.
Globally the final film in the so-called Skywalker Saga now sits at $725m and should clear $1b in the next week or so.
https://youtu.be/MWiqKZLeK_0The film will see the return of Daisy Ridley (Rey), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), and Billie Lourd (Lieutenant Connix).
Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) will also all return to reprise their iconic roles from previous films.
The late Carrie Fisher will appear via previously unreleased archive footage.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is in cinemas now!
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