The Guardian catches up on the UK box office figures after the holidays, and looks at how The Last Jedi is catching up with Beauty and the Beast….
Cinemagoing in the UK is usually pretty robust ahead of New Year’s Day but even so, Disney and Lucasfilm should be pleased with a slim 22% decline for Star Wars: The Last Jedi from the previous, pre-Christmas session. Third-weekend takings of £7.98m push the total after 18 days to £68.3m.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens stood at £97.4m at the same stage of its run, so The Last Jedi is running 30% behind the pace of Disney’s 2015 prequel. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story grossed £66m in the UK, so The Last Jedi is already ahead of that number.
The biggest-grossing release of 2017 remains – for the moment – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, with £72.4m. Expect The Last Jedi to knock Belle off her perch this coming weekend.
Take the link to read the full article. We’ll be watching the UK box office this weekend to see when The Last Jedi surpasses the Beast.
