Box Office takings for The Last Jedi are showing very positive signs of longevity which have changed projections to $639 million domestic (fifth-biggest of all time) and $1.392 billion worldwide.
These numbers are based on analysis by Forbes showing that The Last Jedi is performing very similarly to Rogue One, bucking claims of it being a box office turnoff:
After a $220 million opening weekend closer to The Force Awakens ($247m) than Rogue One ($155m), it suffered a second-weekend drop (-67%) closer to Batman v Superman but then scored a near-record third-weekend hold (-26%) for a $100m+ opener. Last weekend, the new Star Wars film essentially tied with Rogue One in terms of fourth-weekend grosses ($24m vs. $22m) and holds (-55% vs -57%). And while The Force Awakens dropped 74% on its 25th day (Monday) from its 24th day (Sunday), Rogue One dropped 72% and The Last Jedi dropped 73%.
By the end of its fourth weekend, The Force Awakens had $812 million domestic and $1.73 billion worldwide, while Rogue One had earned $477m domestic and $914m worldwide. With all the ups and downs thus far, partially due to the holiday schedule, The Last Jedi had earned $573m domestic and $1.205b worldwide by day 24. That’s a domestic weekend-to-total multiplier of 2.6x, compared to the 3.27x multiplier for The Force Awakens and 2.88x multiplier for Rogue One.
But Force Awakens had another 15% of its $937 million domestic total and 19.5% of its $2.068 billion global total left to go. Rogue One had 11.5% left of its eventual $532m and 15% of its $1.056b of its global grosses left unearned. Heck, as of Tuesday, the film has grossed $576.9m domestic and $1.222.9b worldwide. It should pass Fate of the Furious ($1.236b worldwide) tomorrow to become the second-biggest grosser of 2017, behind Beauty and the Beast ($1.263b). So, as noted above, from this point onward, give or take variables, will Last Jedi play more like Rogue One or Force Awakens?
Take the link to see their full, fascinating and detailed analysis – we will be watching this one closely.
