Last Jedi nears $500 million, after taking $21.5 million on Wednesday

December 28, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $21.5 million on Wednesday lifting its running tally to $444.9 after just 13 days of release. By comparison, The Force Awakens earned $28.09 million and Rogue One pulled in $18.02 million, during their respective 13th day of release. At this pace, the film will will overtake Beauty and the Beast before the end of the year, becoming the biggest domestic hit of 2017. It will have no trouble hitting $600 million domestically, while $700 million isn’t out of reach.

Internationally, The Last Jedi added another $26.7 million to its totals, which now sit at $446.9 million internationally and $891.8 million worldwide. The U.K. retook the lead as the single biggest market of the day with $4.9 million for a total of $75.8 million. However, both Germany ($4.3 million for the day and $49.9 million in total) and France ($3.0 million / $37.6 million) had multi-million dollar daily hauls. The film remained in tenth place on the 2017 international chart and will likely remain there tomorrow. However, it leapfrogged several films on the 2017 worldwide chart reaching fourth place in the process.

- Wednesday Box Office Chart

- Star Wars Franchise

- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Comparisons

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