Disney and LucasFilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continued its dominance at the box office for a second straight weekend, while Cats is poised for a big loss.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker took the top spot this weekend with $72 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
Cats dropped to 8th place with $4.8 million, and while it’s only a 27% drop from its disastrous $6.6 million opening, it’s still poised to lose at least $71 million, according to Deadline.
Big win: Disney and LucasFilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continued its dominance at the box office for a second straight weekend, while Cats is poised for a big loss
Big loss: Cats dropped to 8th place with $4.8 million, and while it’s only a 27% drop from its disastrous $6.6 million opening, it’s still poised to lose at least $71 million, according to Deadline
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remained in 4,406 theaters, earning a solid per-screen average of $16,341 in its second weekend, dropping 59.4% from last weekend’s $177.3 million debut.
Its domestic haul is now at $361.8 million, with an additional $363 million from foreign territories for $704.3 million worldwide.
While it’s already the eighth highest grossing movie of the year at the domestic box office after just two weeks, its 10-day haul is still behind its two predecessors.
Second weekend: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remained in 4,406 theaters, earning a solid per-screen average of $16,341 in its second weekend, dropping 59.4% from last weekend’s $177.3 million debut
2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned $540 million after 10 days in theaters, while 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned $368.1 million over the same period.
Still, The Rise of Skywalker will likely continue to climb up the domestic charts, where it will likely land in third place at the domestic box office.
It seems unlikely that it will be able to surpass the top two movies of the year, The Lion King ($543.6 million) and Avengers: Endgame ($858.3 million).
Box office: Still, The Rise of Skywalker will likely continue to climb up the domestic charts, where it will likely land in third place at the domestic box office
Cats’ second weekend haul of $4.8 million brings its lackluster domestic tally to $16.3 million, with a worldwide haul of $36.9 million.
Deadline reports that if Cats doesn’t reach at least $100 million worldwide ($40 million domestic, $60 million abroad), which appears unlikely after the first two weeks, it will lose at least $71 million.
Those figures are based on the estimated $90 million budget plus a global publicity and advertising spend of roughly $115 million.
Lackluster: Cats’ second weekend haul of $4.8 million brings its lackluster domestic tally to $16.3 million, with a worldwide haul of $36.9 million
Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level actually posted a 33.2% increase in its third weekend, staying put in second place with $33.5 million with Sony’s Little Women debuting in third with $16.5 million from 3,308 theaters for a $4,995 per-screen average.
Frozen II dropped to fourth place with $16.5 million with its $421.2 million domestic take already surpassing the $400 million haul of the original, with animated newcomer Spies In Disguises debuting in fifth place with $13.2 million with a middling $3,769 per-screen average from 3,502 theaters.
The top 10 is rounded out by Knives Out ($9.7 million), Uncut Gems, which expanded to 2,348 theaters nationwide after a limited debut ($9.5 million), Cats ($4.8 million), Bombshell ($4.7 million) and Richard Jewell ($3 million).
Losses: Deadline reports that if Cats doesn’t reach at least $100 million worldwide ($40 million domestic, $60 million abroad), which appears unlikely after the first two weeks, it will lose at least $71 million
