‘The Last Jedi’ hits $844m

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: A forceful Tuesday propelled Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi to $844.2 million at worldwide box office turnstiles. As domestic saw the Resistance pass Wonder Woman on Tuesday to make Jedi the No. 2 film of 2017 in North America, results at the international box office jumped to $420.2M.

The overseas Tuesday was worth $24.2M to rep 32% of the weekend’s bounty. That’s a higher percentage than The Force Awakens two years ago, whose second Tuesday counted as 28% of the sophomore session. Conversely, Rogue One‘s second Tuesday brought in 41% of the preceding frame last year. Each of the films were impacted by the Christmas holiday.

Jedi is now running 34% behind The Force Awakens at the same stage of play internationally, and 38% ahead of Rogue One.

The UK saw a big bounce for Luke, Rey and the rest of the crew Tuesday. The Boxing Day holiday meant cinemas re-opened after most were closed on Christmas Day. The gross there has now hit $70.9M. Germany added $3M on Tuesday for $45.6M to date, followed by France at $34.6M (+$3.5M — a big 45% of the weekend). Japan has $30.7M through Tuesday and Australian cinemas have taken in $28.8M.

Spain ($15.8M), Brazil ($13.4M), Italy ($13.3M), Russia ($12.2M) and Mexico ($10.9M) round out the Top 10. Sweden, where TLJ is already the biggest movie of 2017, has lifted to almost $10M.

TLJ will pass Justice League today to become the No. 10 release of the year overseas, and is looking at $900M global box office ahead of the weekend.

TUESDAY UPDATE: After a weekend that included Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday, Star Wars: The Last Jedi unwrapped an added $42.3M globally on Monday’s Christmas Day. Of that, $14.8M comes from the international box office, repping 19% of the second weekend. The overseas cume is $396M through Monday with worldwide at $791.6M. The Rian Johnson-helmed film will cross $800M today.

Comps to 2015’s The Force Awakens are not apples-to-apples given how the calendar played out this year. On its second international Monday, TFA took in 29% of the weekend, which had Christmas Day on the Friday. This time, Jedi‘s Monday was Christmas Day, and that slowed some turnstile action — particularly in the UK, where most cinemas were closed and the film brought in just $100K. The Boxing Day holiday today will punch that up.

Globally, Monday’s figure was 29% of the weekend versus TFA‘s 25% in 2015. Rogue One‘s second Monday in 2016, conversely, was quite sizable — falling on December 26 last year and repping 44% of its weekend (which had also been impacted by the holiday).

The UK leads all markets with $67.9M, followed by Germany ($42.6M), France ($31.1M), Japan ($29.6M) and Australia ($27.2M). The latter is going to be a very busy market this week with Jumanji, Coco and countryman Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman all taking their Oz bows.

Overall overseas, Jedi‘s crystal foxes are running about 32% below The Force Awakens at the same point of play and about 40% above Rogue One. This weekend, Episode VIII became the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2017 in Europe and is the top-grossing film of 2017 in both Denmark and Sweden, the second-highest in Australia and the third-biggest in the UK.