"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" Tops $900M Globally

[JamesG]

Little Women and Uncut Gems Ride High over the Five-Day Holiday Weekend
by Brad Brevet
Dec. 29, 2019


Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker topped the weekend box office for a second weekend in a row, while the weekend's newcomers -- Sony's Little Women and Fox's animated feature Spies in Disguise -- both topped studio expectations as did this weekend's expansion of Uncut Gems, which has now topped $20 million domestically.







With an estimated $72 million, Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dipped -59% in its second weekend, pushing the film's domestic gross over $361 million after ten days in release.

The drop is much larger than we expected given the past performances of films over the same time frame. It is, however, better than the -67.5% second weekend plunge for The Last Jedi a couple of years ago as it has managed to close the gap between the two films after ten days in theaters.

Internationally, The Rise of Skywalker added $94.3 million this weekend for a $363 million overseas cume and a global tally that is now just shy of $725 million.







Sony's Jumanji: The Next Level landed in second place with an estimated $35.3 million for the three-day, playing more in line with expectations at this time of year, improving +33% compared to last weekend and topping $175 million domestically as it enters its third week in release.

Internationally, the film added another $61.6 million, pushing its overseas cume to $296 million for a global tally that now stands at $472 million.







Third is where we find the first of the weekend's new wide releases in Sony's Little Women, the latest retelling of the Louisa May Alcott classic from writer-director Greta Gerwig.

The film, which stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen brought in an impressive $29 million over the course of its five-day debut ($16.52m three-day). The performance is well ahead of Sony's extraordinarily low expectations of $16-17 million for the first five days, but does line-up with Mojo's pre-weekend forecast. The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

Internationally, Little Women launched in the UK and Spain this weekend, bringing in $4.6 million and $1.6 million respectively for an estimated $6.3 million start.







Disney's Frozen II also saw a jump this weekend compared to last, improving +27% with an estimated $16.5 million three-day and a domestic cume that now stands at $421.3 million.

Internationally the film added another $42.2 million for an overseas cume totaling nearly $800 million as the global tally now stands at $1.217 billion making it the third largest animated release all-time worldwide, topping Minions ($1.159b).







Rounding out the top five is Fox's animated feature Spies in Disguise, which delivered an estimated $22 million five-day performance ($13.5m three-day) after launching on Christmas Day.

The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

Internationally, Spies in Disguise brought in an estimated $16 million from approximately 51% of the international marketplace for a $38.1 million global debut.







Outside the top five, landing in seventh position, is A24's Uncut Gems, which went wide this past week, playing in 2,348 locations and delivered an estimated $18.86 million over the last five days, pushing the film's domestic cume over $20 million, serving as the largest five-day performance in the studio's history, although the sample size is relatively small.

One potential cause for concern, however, is that while the film scored an "A-" CinemaScore in limited release, this week's wide audience gave it a "C+". The audience score at RottenTomatoes is also just 54%, which puts a question mark on the film's future.







This weekend also saw the limited release of Sam Mendes's 1917 in 11 locations in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Washington DC and Toronto where it brought in an estimated $1 million over its first five days in release after launching on Christmas Day.

The weekend's limited release audience gave the film an "A" CinemaScore and it will break nationwide on January 10 after having already secured three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Score and eight Critics’ Choice nominations.







WB had the limited release of Just Mercy in four locations in New York and Los Angeles where it brought in an estimated $229,000 over its first five days in release ($111,000 three-day). The film scored an "A+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

The film will go wide on January 10 in over 2,200 locations.







Also in limited release, Sony Classics released The Song of Names in ten locations and brought in an estimated $41,156 ($4,115 PTA) over the three day and $78,770 in its first five days in release while Neon's Clemency opened in two theaters with an estimated $37,078 ($18,539 PTA).

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December 27-29, 2019: Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker $72,000,000 / $361,796,816
2. Jumanji: The Next Level $35,300,000 / $175,456,805
3. Little Women $29,000,000
4. Frozen II $16,500,000 / $421,290,889
5. Spies in Disguise $22,087,856
6. Knives Out $9,725,000 / $110,237,095
7. Uncut Gems $9,552,812 / $20,000,002
8. Cats $4,830,000 / $17,820,175
9. Bombshell $4,700,000 / $15,631,427
10. Richard Jewell $3,010,000 / $16,089,327

[Edward216]

I'm surprised there aren't any replies on this thread. Anyways, I saw The Rise Of Skywalker on Saturday the 21st and I loved it! It's a great ending to the Star Wars saga.

Ed.

[RetroGuy2000]

I loved it, too. It gave me all the feels.

[JamesG]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Tops $900M Globally, Frozen II is #1 Animated Release of All Time, and The Grudge Debuts with $11.3M
by Brad Brevet
Jan. 5, 2020


Disney domination continues as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker leads the way domestically for the third straight weekend, topping $450 million domestically and over $900 million worldwide while Frozen II has now become the highest grossing animated release of all time reaching $1.325 billion worldwide.

As for Sony's new release of The Grudge, it topped expectations and rounded out the weekend's top five, while nearly all of the weekend's holdovers within the top ten dropped less than 40% compared to last weekend.







Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought in an estimated $33.7 million this weekend, dipping -53% to kick off its third week in release. The performance pushes the film's domestic cume over $450 million, doing so in just 17 days.

The film also added another $50.5 million internationally this weekend for an overseas cume that now stands at $468 million for a global total reaching $918.8 million as it will soon become Disney's seventh $1+ billion global release of 2019.







In second is the first of three Sony titles in the top five, Jumanji: The Next Level. The sequel enters its fourth week in release with an estimated $26.5 million this weekend, dipping just -25% as the film's domestic cume now stands at $236.2 million.

While it is still pacing behind the first film in terms of overall domestic cume, it is showing signs of holding on for a long run similar to that first film, though a direct comparison is almost impossible to make given the holiday release timing of the two.

Internationally, Jumanji added another $42.4 million this weekend, bringing the overseas cume to $374 million for a global tally reaching $610 million.







Sony's Little Women dipped just -19% in its second weekend as Greta Gerwig's adaptation added an estimated $13.57 million this weekend, bringing the film's domestic cume to $60 million.

Internationally, the film added $9.5 million this weekend from six markets, bringing the overseas cume to $20.4 million.







Disney's Frozen II finished in fourth with an estimated $11.29 million bringing its domestic cume just shy of $450 million.

Added to that, the film added another $42.4 million internationally, which raises it's overseas cume to $875.3 million for a massive, $1.325 billion worldwide making Frozen II the highest grossing animated release of all time worldwide, topping Frozen ($1,281M) and Incredibles 2 ($1,243M).







Rounding out the top five is Sony and Screen Gems's The Grudge with an estimated $11.3 million, which is ahead of pre-weekend expectations, but the film's "F" CinemaScore doesn't bode well for future prospects, just as it didn't help its day-to-day performance this weekend.

Internationally, The Grudge opened in 29 markets with an estimated $5.8 million.







Outside the top five we have to mention Lionsgate's Knives Out, which entered its sixth week in release this weekend and dipped just -9% with an estimated $9 million from 2,142 locations, bringing the film's domestic cume to $130.25 million.

This is the third straight weekend in a row the Rian Johnson written and directed feature has had the lowest drop among domestic, wide release holdovers and it's finding equal success internationally where it added another $8.8 million for an international cume totaling $117.2 million and a global tally just shy of $250 million.

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January 3-5, 2020: Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker $33,739,000 / $450,796,441
2. Jumanji: The Next Level $26,500,000 / $236,206,405
3. Little Women $13,575,000 / $60,023,332
4. The Grudge $11,300,000
5. Frozen II $11,291,000 / $449,876,364
6. Spies in Disguise $10,084,000 / $46,729,961
7. Knives Out $9,025,000 / $130,256,694
8. Uncut Gems $7,826,928 / $36,813,107
9. Bombshell $4,075,000 / $24,569,144
10. Cats $2,600,000 / $24,690,935