By: Dominic Jones
It's been a big weekend for Star Wars as the eighth instalment in the Skywalker saga had a huge opening weekend at the domestic box office. Variety is reporting that Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in $220 million this weekend, making it the second highest opening weekend of all time (second to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which brought in $248 million in 2015). The Last Jedi made $45 million on its "preview night" (Thursday evening) alone.
The results are slightly higher than expected, the film was originally projected to open to a $200 million weekend. It's not much of a difference, but it does show that interest in the franchise is alive and well. The opening weekend for The Last Jedi is significantly higher than Rogue One, which opened to a $155 million first weekend last year.
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