Box Office: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s $374 Million Opening Weekend Lowest for New Trilogy

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought in $ 373.5 million (approximately Rs 2,657 crore) worldwide in its opening weekend, which would be surprising for most films, but below the estimates for the Star Wars film. By comparison, its predecessors - Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi - earned $ 529 million (about Rs 3,764 crore) and $ 451 million (about Rs 3,209 crore) in their opening weekend. Of course, it is unfair to compare anything to The Force Awakens, which had been meeting years-long demand. Some box office analysts attribute the release date of The Rise of Skywalker to being closer to Christmas than previous entries.

It is too early to say but you also cannot ignore the fact that there is less critical criticism than The Rise of Skywalker. While The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi have a "fresh" rating of 93 and 91 per cent on review by aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Rise of Skywalker is currently "Rotten" at 57 per cent. Barring Star 2008: The Clone Wars, the 2008 animated feature entry, it is the second-lowest figure for a Star Wars film after Star Wars: The Phantom Men's (53 per cent). He says a lot in himself. Audience score divided: 8.64 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, but 7.0 on IMDb.

In the $ 373.5 million debut film, The Rise of Skywalker earned $ 175.5 million (approximately Rs 1,248 crore) in the US and Canada. The remaining $ 198 million (about Rs 1,408 crore) came from 52 markets in the rest of the world, with the largest contributors being the UK ($ 26.8 million), Germany ($ 21.8 million), France ($ 15.2 million), Japan ($ 14.6). Million), Australia ($ 12.6 million), China ($ 12.1 million), Spain ($ 7.6 million), Mexico ($ 7.4 million), Brazil ($ 5.9 million), Italy ($ 5.9 million), Russia ($ 5.8 million) ), And Sweden ($ 4.6 million)). Gadgets 360 has reached Disney India for the box office collection of the new Star Wars film in the country. We will update if we listen.

The rise of Skywalker has rolled out everywhere, with Vietnam (January 3), the Philippines (January 8), and South Korea (January 8).

Meanwhile, Jumanji: Next Level, in its second weekend, $ 5 cr. added about million (about Rs. 411.7 crores), bringing its global total to $ 312 million (about Rs 2,219 crore). It is yet to open in Italy (25 December), Australia (26 December) and Brazil (16 January).

Frozen 2 grossed $ 43.9 million (about Rs 312.3 crore) this weekend, pushing the Disney sequel to $ 1.103 billion (about Rs 7,847 crore), making it far behind Lion King ($ 1.656 billion) Became fifth-largest animated film. , Frozen ($ 1.29 billion), Incredibles 2 ($ 1.242 billion), and Minions ($ 1.159 billion).