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DisneyEXCLUSIVE: The dark force from critics isn’t keeping‘s************* (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) ****************************down with the Lucasfilm finale to the George Lucas-created saga seeing between($ (M – $
Star Wars fans attend a Star Wars nine-movie marathon culminating with the latest chapter in the franchise, ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’, at El Capitan Theater in Hollywood,Disneylevel,Rise of Skywalkerwill wind up being either the third or fourth best preview night ever with the current top three being last April’s (Avengers: Endgame$ (M), ‘s (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) ($************************************ (M) and 2017 ‘sStar Wars: The Last Jedi
($******************************************************** (M)Again these figures do not come from Disney, but are from our own sources. Disney could come in lower or higher than what we’re seeing by daylight.
By the way, this anticipated level makes sense given that exhibition and Fandango were seeing advance ticket levels pacing with
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Costumed Star Wars fans smile before the first screening of ‘Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker’ in Tokyo, Japan today.Shutterstock(Skywalker) previews began tonight at 5PM in 850 theaters for special fan event screenings with a further nationwide break at 6PM. Skywalker********** (will be in 4,theaters by tomorrow AM – the widest opening ever for December ahead of (Last Jedi) ‘s 4, theaters. Of that count, 3, are 3D locations, are IMAX screens, 850 are Premium Large Format screens with (D-Box / 4D locations.) ************************************* **************
In theaters like the AMC Empire on 42 nd St. in NYC,Skywalker is playing throughout the night, every hour on the hour with 1am, 2am shows all the way through sunrise and into the next day. Ditto for venues in LA like the AMC Century City and Hollywood Arclight. Tickets are still available.
Fans are celebrating the last huzzah of the nine-title series from Japan to France to Mexico. Early China numbers through the first two days of previews are soft as expected at $ 4.5M, but Nancy’s sources expect a $ M overseas debut overall. Skywalkeris opening day and date with domestic in all territories except for Vietnam (Jan. 3) and Korea and the Philippines (Jan. 8).
Star Wars fans camp out in front of the TCL Chinese Theater for the first showing of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”;.Shutterstockas other openers that are previewing tonight, I heard that both Universal / Working Title / Amblin’sCats and Lionsgate / Bron’s************************** (Bombshell)are both around $ 1M give or take. Why be crazy and go up againstStar Wars? For both distribs it’s about teeing off heading into Christmas. If theCatsfans come out in the wake of the pic’s bashing by critics (43% Rotten), then hopefully it reaches double digits over the next 3 days so as to sustain a great holiday multiple. Bombshell‘s projections are between $ 7M – $ 19 M. Most adults don’t come out until after Christmas for these types of pics, however, the masses make an exception forStar Warsmovies and don’t allow holiday activities to get in the way.
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