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.
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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.
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| 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 |