Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is still about two months from releasing but the release from Disney’s Lucasfilm Ltd. was already breaking records on Monday night.
The premiere of the film’s final trailer during the Monday Night Football halftime show provided the high-profile kickoff for advance tickets sales for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and fans responded in record numbers, according to Atom Tickets.
Atom Tickets reported
a new first-hour sales record with a Jedi ticket total that blew away the the record set earlier this year by another Disney behemoth, Avengers: Endgame. That superhero epic eventually became the highest-grossing film in Hollywood history (total unadjusted for inflation) but Skywalker just beat its brisk sales by a robust 45%.
Atom’s new tally of best first-hour sales performances is dominated by space knights and superheroes: 1) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2) Avengers: Endgame 3) Avengers: Infinity War 4) Star Wars: The Last Jedi 5) Star Wars: Rogue One.
Will Rise of Skywalker surpass Avengers: Endgame as the highest grossing opening weekend film of all time? We’ll find out in two short months.
