STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Approaches #11 Spot On All-Time Highest Grossing List, But Flops In China
Alhough Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now closing in on Furious 8's spot on the all-time highest grossing movies list, the Rian Johnson-helmed space adventure has failed to make any kind of impact in China.
The Friday box office updates for Star Wars: The Last Jedi are in, and it looks like the latest journey to the galaxy far, far away is poised to become one of the 10 highest-grossing movie of all time.
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As it stands, Rian Johnson's film will pass Furious 8 ($1,236.0M) today to nab the #11 spot - however, if it does manage to crack the top 10, it won't be thanks to China's box office takings.
After experiencing one of the biggest Friday-to-Friday box office plunges on record, Forbes reports that the picture has been pulled from 92% of screenings in The Middle Kingdom after just one week on release. Star Wars movies have never fared particularly well in China, but that seems to be unprecedented.
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