STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Poised To Pass BEAUTY AND THE BEAST As The Highest Grossing Movie Of 2017
The latest box office updates are in, & Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now poised to topple Disney's Beauty and The Beast as the highest grossing film of 2017 domestically. More past the jump.
Despite a fairly significant second weekend drop, Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi continues to dominate at the box office.
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Rian Johnson's space-adventure took in $21.9M on Wednesday, bringing its domestic running total to $445.26M. This means that it'll comfortably pass the half billion mark by Dec. 31, before going on knock Disney's other smash hit, Beauty and the Beast ($504M), off its perch to become the highest grossing movie of 2017.
Not bad for a flop, eh?
In related news, Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is also performing very well, and has now cleared $100M domestically.
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