Walt Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker fell 57.8% on its third Friday, earning another $11 million to top the box office and bring its 15-day cume to $428 million. That’s just one reason why The Force Awakens’ $937 million domestic cume was never a realistic goal for any further Star Wars movies. The sci-fi sequel led right into the holiday period with weekday holds on par with The Force Awakens. This led to initial hopes that it would do what Star Wars threequels usually do and end up right between Force Awakens and Last Jedi. If anything, the biggest threat to Star Wars IX is Frozen II, which is yet more evidence that Disney should have pushed the Star Wars finale to 2020.

Source: Forbes January 04, 2020 15:33 UTC