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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Repeats, Becomes the Top Domestic Film of 2017, and Crosses $1 billion

Will The Last Jedi become the top grossing worldwide?

It was a repeat weekend for the top six films with Star Wars: The Last Jedi remaining in first place. The film earned an estimated $52.4 million to bring its domestic total to $517.1 million and worldwide the film has crossed the $1 billion mark with $1.040 billion.

The film has also passed Beauty and the Beast to be the top domestic grossing film of the year. Beauty was top with $504 million with Wonder Woman now in third with $412.6 million.

In a close second place was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle which brought in $50.6 million to bring its domestic total to $169.8 million. The film has earned $322.8 million worldwide with a budget of $90 million.

In third place was Pitch Perfect 3 earning an estimated $17.8 million to bring its domestic total to $64.3 million and $92.9 million worldwide on a $45 million budget.

The Greatest Showman was in fourth place with $15.3 million to bring its total to $48.8 million domestically and $84 million worldwide on a $84 million budget.

Rounding out the top five was Ferdinand with $11.7 million for a domestic total of $53.8 million on a $111 million budget. The film has earned $125.7 million worldwide.

Repeating in sixth was Coco with $6.6 million to bring its domestic total to $178.9 million and $537.9 million worldwide.

When it comes to comic films…

Justice League slipped to #15 from #14 with an estimated $1.3 million added to its domestic total which now stands at $225.6 million. Worldwide the film has earned $652.6 million.

Thor: Ragnarok was right behind at #16 with an estimated $1 million added to its domestic total which is now $311.4 million. Worldwide the film has earned $848 million.

My Friend Dahmer is continuing to bring in the dollars with $3,500 at #36 bringing its domestic total to $1.3 million.

We’ll be back in an hour for more of a dive into 2017’s comic film adaptations.

By Brett

Brett is a political consultant who resides in Arlington, VA. He grew up in Cleveland, OH and Buffalo, NY and attended the University at Buffalo, majoring in Political Science.
Since then Brett has made his mark on politics working in various positions such as a Legislative Staffer for the Erie County Legislature, Special Assistant for Senator John Kerry, as the Database Administrator for Forward Together PAC, Database Director for Chris Dodd for President, and Internet/Database Director for Virginians for Brian Moran, and Email Deliverability Czar for Salsa Labs and NGP VAN.
In 2007 Brett formed 5B Consulting providing his expertise on database solutions, new media and email strategy.
He's a long time geek, reading comics since he was a child and learning to spell his name on an Atari 800. When he's not working, he's reading comics, playing video games and relaxing with a nice cup of tea.
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