Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker takes almost $18m in opening weekend
The final Star Wars film in the Skywalker Saga and a culmination of 42 years of Star Wars movies, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has taken $17.962m in its opening week across 1,056 screens, after securing an opening day of $6.41m.
That’s the lowest opening day of any of the three most recent films, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi both beat it with $9.45m and $7.06m respectively, not including the spin-offs Rogue One and Solo.
The film still managed to easily top the weekend, knocking Frozen 2 off the top spot. The animated film took $2.809m for its fourth week of release, sitting above Knives Out which took $795,718 also for its fourth week. The films aired across 381 and 269 screens respectively.
Of the other animated films airing, The Addams Family brought in $762,952, and The Queen’s Corgi delivered $88,337. The new debuts for the week, Dabbang 3 and IP Man 4: The Finale, brought in $439,529 and $293,424 respectively.
Playing With Fire brought in $689,034 for its second week across 255 screens, a drop of 20% for the family flick starring John Cena. Last Christmas took $405,820, adding to a total of $10.338m across seven weeks, for seventh place, while Ford v Ferrari managed to nab tenth spot with $216,494 in its sixth week.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (Disney) | $17,962,917 | 1056 | $17,962,917 |
| Frozen Ii (Disney) | $2,809,942 | 381 | $27,816,956 |
| Knives Out (Studiocanal) | $795,718 | 269 | $9,498,831 |
| The Addams Family (Universal) | $762,952 | 281 | $4,171,989 |
| Playing With Fire (Paramount) | $689,034 | 255 | $2,248,080 |
| Last Christmas (Universal) | $405,820 | 165 | $10,338,491 |
| The Good Liar (Wb) | $272,571 | 256 | $2,343,587 |
| Ford V. Ferrari (Disney) | $216,494 | 139 | $9,759,948 |
| Black Christmas (Universal) | $90,274 | 151 | $578,953 |
| The Queen's Corgi (Roadshow) | $88,337 | 177 | $559,942 |
| Playmobil Movie (Studiocanal) | $73,147 | 162 | $430,888 |
| Love Actually (Universal) | $72,370 | 15 | $19,288,316 |
| Official Secrets (Universal) | $49,855 | 40 | $833,952 |
| Fisherman's Friends (Roadshow) | $48,380 | 53 | $1,782,971 |
| Joker (Roadshow) | $41,705 | 52 | $40,391,002 |
| Parasite (Madman) | $30,958 | 13 | $2,012,192 |
| Only Cloud Knows (Chinalion Film) | $30,082 | 17 | $30,082 |
| Charlie's Angels (Sony) | $24,111 | 27 | $4,892,673 |
| Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love (Park Circus Films) | $18,309 | 4 | $119,047 |
| Pain And Glory (Universal) | $15,151 | 17 | $681,129 |
I enjoyed it. Box office fatigue isn’t surprising after Disney botched the franchise with The Last Jedi. That film was popular with critics trained in Pomo ideology, whose first concerns are “subverting expectations” and diversity casting. But the core fans who just wanted a good story that was true to the legendary characteristics of the saga were left alienated. Flooding the market with money-grubbing crap like Solo added another nail to the coffin. Kathleen Kennedy needs to go.