NME look at the projected box office figures from Box Office Pro, and ask if the opening for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker could be the lowest of the sequel trilogy.
Despite tickets for the first screenings of the final part of the sequel trilogy in the US outselling Avengers: Endgame in the first hour of pre-sales, according to Box Office Pro, it is projected to rake in $200 million on its opening weekend.
That would make The Rise of Skywalker‘s opening weekend the the lowest-performing of the sequel trilogy. Comparatively, The Force Awakens opened to $247.9 million while The Last Jedi opened to $220 million.
Despite the figure, that still puts the last movie in the saga in the top 10 of the biggest opening weekends.
It will be very interesting to see how Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker performs at the box office and we will be watching with interest. The Rise of Skywalker opens in the UK on December 19th 2019, and in the USA a day later on December 20th.
