Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which is expected to lead the Christmas holiday weekend, continued to dominate on its first Monday after opening weekend.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker grossed $29.2 million yesterday which is the sixth-best showing of all-time for a Monday and ahead of what Star Wars: The Last Jedi did on its first Monday ($21.5 million). This brings its domestic take to $206.6 million while internationally the film has grossed $226.8 million, bringing its global take to $433.4 million.
This starts what is arguably the most lucrative two weeks at the box office. Every day almost plays like a weekend and grosses are generally inflated. For instance, Jumanji: The Next Level made $7.3 million yesterday compared to its first Monday on December 16 which came in at $4 million.
Did that re-release of Cats with “improved visual effects” help any matters? Not really. The film dropped to fifth place behind Stars Wars, Jumanji, Frozen 2 & Knives Out with a gross of $1.4 million. Universal Pictures is hopeful that the audience will find it over the holiday. Good luck with that.
The holiday box office gets more crowded on Christmas Day with the release of Little Women, Spies in Disguise and the expansion of Uncut Gems. Box office predictions for those films will be posted later today.
