Jedi Defeats Jumanji $16.9 million to $7.2 million on Wednesday
December 21, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi had to deal with competition for the first time in its run, as both Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman debuted in theaters on Wednesday. It didn’t have much of an effect. The Last Jedi earned $16.9 million yesterday for a six-day total of $278.8 million domestically. This was only the 32nd-biggest Wednesday ever, although 12th-biggest for a film not opening on that day. The film fell 17% from Tuesday, compared to a 2% gain by The Force Awakens and a 15% drop by Rogue One. It overtook Despicable Me 3 for seventh place on the 2017 domestic chart and it is eyeing Thor: Ragnarok for sixth place. It won’t get there tomorrow. It will certainly get there sometime on Friday.
Internationally, The Last Jedi dipped 7% from Tuesday while adding $20.3 million to its running tally, which now sits at $295.0 million internationally for a worldwide total of $573.8 million. The U.K. stretched its lead as the biggest market at $50.1 million, including $4.1 million on Tuesday, while Spain became the latest market to top $10 million at $10.4 million. Other $10 million markets include Germany ($29.8 million); France ($22.8 million); Australia ($21.3 million); and Japan ($19.6 million). At the end of business on Wednesday, the film was the 21st-biggest hit of the year internationally and the 15th-biggest hit of 2017 worldwide.
The other new releases were well back, with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle earning an estimated $7.2 million and The Greatest Showman pulling in about $2.5 million. This is definitely on the lower end of expectations, but hopefully things will improve from here on out.
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