International Box Office: Rise of Skywalker Joins 2019’s Billion-Dollar Club
January 15, 2020
There were already a record number of films released in 2019 to get to the $1 billion milestone on the worldwide chart, and on Tuesday Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker added to that record when it become the ninth such film. The film earned $1.9 million domestically and $2.6 million internationally, pushing its totals to $481.3 million internationally and $1.001 billion worldwide. This total includes $72.0 million in the U.K. and $61.7 million in Germany. The film has also cracked $50 million in both Japan ($56.4 million) and France ($50.7 million). Amazingly, of the nine films that hit $1 billion, seven were released by Disney directly, while one of the others, Spider-man: Far from Home, is part of the M.C.U. We’ve never seen a studio dominate the box office like Disney has over the past few years and hopefully we will never see it again. As much as I like the M.C.U., for the overall health of the industry, I would rather have more studios thriving.
- 2019 Worldwide Box Office Chart
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- All-Time Worldwide Box Office Chart
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