The Call of the Wild opened in second place
Box-office
Sonic sped past last year’s Pokémon Detective Pikachu for the biggest opening ever for a video game movie!
The Harley Quinn spinoff didn’t come close to doing Suicide Squad business
The Margot Robbie-led DCEU spin-off is receiving highly positive reviews from critics and audiences alike
Gretel & Hansel and The Rhythm Section both flopped hard
Both The Turning and The Gentlemen opened to middling box office
Will Smith & Martin Lawrence are still big draws!
How does it compare to the other two films in the Sequel Trilogy?
Underwater sank, and Like a Boss got fired by audiences
Frozen II is now the highest grossing animated release of all time worldwide!
The Rise of Skywalker is also the #10 global release of 2019
J.J. Abrams’ film has already bested 1983’s Return of the Jedi and 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story
Despite the low performance, Skywalker is still the 3rd biggest opening of 2019!
The Friday haul has it primed as the third best domestic opening in Lucasfilm’s history
The opening is the fifth best preview performance in industry history
The numbers are on par with the immediate predecessor The Last Jedi
