Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker crosses the $1B line on its 28th day of release
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is officially an international blockbuster as it has entered the $1B club.
On Tuesday the ninth Star Wars film, which was directed by JJ Abrams, had crossed the $1B line internationally on its 28th day of release.
While the last installment of the Skywalker saga did well in the US at $481.3 million, it made even more overseas with $519.7 million.
Victory: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is officially an international blockbuster as it has entered the $1B club
Lightspeed ahead: On Tuesday the ninth Star Wars film, which was directed by JJ Abrams, had crossed the $1B line internationally on its 28th day of release
Skywalker may be able to make as much as $1.25 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter which studied data from analysts.
The movie stars Daisy Ridley as Rey and Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and brought back several faces from the first trilogy including Mark Hamill as Luke, Billy Dee Williams as Lando and the late Carrie Fisher as Leia.
The Star Wars franchise is now taking a break to figure out where to go next, though there is a Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff series in the works with Ewan McGregor which may go to Disney+.
Breakdown: While the last installment of the Skywalker saga did well in the US at $481.3 million, it made even more overseas with $519.7 million
Money time: Skywalker may be able to make as much as $1.25 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter which studied data from analysts
It was a good year for Disney’s $1B movie club.
Their films Avengers: Endgame made $2.79 billion globally, The Lion King brought in $1.65 billion, Frozen 2 is at $1.37 billion, Captain Marvel pulled in $1.12 billion, Toy Story 4 has so far made 1.07 billion and Aladdin is at $1.05 billion.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1.31 billion) — which was produced by Disney’s Marvel Studios — and Warner Bros.’ Joker ($1.06 billion) were the other two 2019 movies achieving the milestone.
Avatar 2 looks to be the next film that could head into the $1B club.
The cast: The movie stars Daisy Ridley as Rey and Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and brought back several faces from the first trilogy including Mark Hamill as Luke, Billy Dee Williams as Lando and the late Carrie Fisher as Leia. Here is the German poster
News of Rise Of Skywalker’s $1B haul comes after claims that Subreddit has leaked a script from original Star Wars IX director and writer team, Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly.
The title was allegedly supposed to be Duel Of Fates.
Is this version – which Disney has not acknowledged – Emperor Palpatine does not have a big role.
Rather the drama is rooted in the fight between Rey and Kylo.
It is also claimed that in this version, Ren was the one who killed Rey’s parents.
The Force Ghosts of Luke, Obi-Wan, and Yoda all assist Rey in her final battle against Ren. The Jedi all try to bring Ben back to the light side but he refuses and is killed.
Another foreign poster: The Star Wars franchise is now taking a break to figure out where to go next, though there is a Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff series in the works with Ewan McGregor which may go to Disney+
