Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle knocks Star Wars off top spot at weekend box office

Zoe Samios

January 3, 2018 3:06

The second instalment in the Jumanji franchise, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, knocked Star Wars: The Last Jedi off the weekend box office throne.

The follow up of the original Jumanji film, which was released in 1995 starring Robin Williams, made $9.222m on its first weekend, according to the Motion Pictures Distributors Association of Australia report. Since its premiere, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has collected almost $16m.

The latest iteration of the film sees four teenagers get sucked into the game and become adult avatars (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan), who must complete the game to return to the real world.

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Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle knocks Star Wars off top spot at weekend box office

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