'Jumanji' Passes 'The Last Jedi' at the Box Office
by EG
The box-office reign of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi came to an end on New Year's Day when it was overtaken by Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle on New Year's Day. Jedi had ruled the box office for the previous three weekends, including the long New Year's weekend. Jumanji's victory n Monday, however, means that Jedi likely won't top the box office for a fourth weekend in a row.
Sony's holiday hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle overtook Star Wars: The Last Jedi for the first time on New Year's Day, earning $16.2 million in North America.
That compares to $14.5 million for Disney's and Lucasfilm's The Last Jedi.
At the same time, Last Jedi beat Jumanji for the weekend itself with an estimated $67 million, pushing the tentpole's global total to $1.067 billion, including $531.9 million domestically.
Jumanji, performing far better than expected since hitting theaters Dec. 20, has grossed $185.6 million to date in North America for a worldwide cume approaching $350 million. Its domestic earnings for the four-day holiday weekend were $66.3 million.
Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Bobby Cannavale make up the cast of the film about a group of kids who are transported into the Jumanji video game, where they become avatars. No one in Hollywood expected Jumanji to become such a force, but it quickly transformed into an all-audience tentpole and family favorite.
To date, Last Jedi, a sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is pacing 28 percent behind the $742 million earned by The Force Awakens during the year-end holiday corridor two years ago.
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