‘The Last Jedi’ box office will fall well below ‘The Force Awakens,’ and that’s OK

Breeeeeathe.

The Last Jedi isn’t going to set off the same spectacular, world record-shattering box office fireworks that we saw with The Force Awakens. It will fall well short.

Just breathe. This is not a Justice League-level panic situation.

Early box-office tracking for the Dec. 15 release started circulating around Hollywood on Tuesday, and the number is, predictably, pretty astounding: $200 million domestic.

But that’s still a steep drop from the all-time opening weekend record $248 million that The Force Awakens hauled in a couple of years ago, on its way to $2.06 billion worldwide. (It’s also significantly better than the $155 million posted by Rogue One). Read more…

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