LOS ANGELES: The latest episode in Disney´s colossally popular Star Wars series has passed the $1 billion mark in worldwide revenues after just three weeks, a Disney spokesperson confirmed Sunday. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is expected to surpass another Disney film, Beauty and the Beast, as the year´s top-earning film. Beauty took in more than $500 million domestically and exceeded $1.3 billion worldwide. If the estimates are borne out, Jedi will be the eighth highest-grossing domestic movie of all time. But in the meantime, holiday viewership provided a boost not just for Jedi but for Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

Source: Pakistan Today January 01, 2018 12:11 UTC