Turns out, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker might get to $200 million after a huge $40 million Thursday previews gross. That positions the movie for a debut of $156 million-$219 million depending on its legs. It’s tomatometer score may stand at a disappointing 58%, but the holidays and the fact that audiences want to experience the Skywalker saga one more time may or may not push the movie past the $220 million opening of The Last Jedi. What’s worth noting is that that $40 million previews gross is the fifth largest every behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Last two Star Wars episodes, and Avengers: Endgame and is just one million above the $39 million earned by Avengers: Infinity War. It’s also important to know that it’s only $5 million below The Last Jedi’s $45 million (Not bad at all actually). Oh! In case you were curious, it’s audience score is actually 86% which is a really good sign. So yeah with the holidays coming up and strong word of mouth from audiences, I’m upping my prediction from $182 million to $202 million. I might have to higher up predictions once Friday’s number comes in though.
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