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In early morning industry figures, Disney/Lucasfilm‘s _Star Wars: The Last Jedi _has minted the fourth best Tuesday in December with $20.4M raising its running domestic cume through five
days to $262M. Tuesday’s gross is just 5% off from Monday’s $21.55M. That’s excellent weekday money and phenomenal hold. But if any cynics are wondering why _Last Jedi _isn’t busting past
Tuesday records it’s only because there are still plenty of schools in session. Yesterday, ComScore reported 17% K-12 schools out. Today that figure jumps to 24%, then 39% on Thursday and
61% on Friday. _Force Awakens _owns the top and third best Tuesday at the B.O. ever with respectively $37.3M (Dec. 22) and $29.5M (Dec. 29). _Rogue One _owns the seventh best Tuesday ever at
$22.5M (Dec. 27). _Last Jedi _is the ninth best ever, but among December releases is the fourth highest. WATCH ON DEADLINE Sony’s _Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle _is opening today at 3,765
and is projected by the industry to post a $60M gross over six days (Sony sees it at $45M). 20th Century Fox also has the Hugh Jackman period P.T. Barnum musical _The Greatest Showman
_which is looking at low-to-mid $20M over six. The pic opens in 3,005 theaters tomorrow. On Friday, Universal’s _Pitch Perfect 3 _opens and looks to bring in mid $20Ms over three-days.
Paramount’s Alexander Payne comedy _Downsizing _looks to post $10M-$12M. Alcon’s Ed Helms-Owen Wilson comedy _Father Figures _via Warner Bros. is projected to gross $7M. On Monday, Sony has
their amazing _All the Money in the World _which is already at 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Pic looks to gross in the single digits for the day, but keep in mind that for all of these
movies, especially in the shadow of _Last Jedi, _it’s a marathon through the holidays until MLK weekend, not a sprint. There are a number of films platforming as well:
Fox/DreamWorks/Participant has Steven Spielberg’s _The Post _in nine locations in Washington D.C., New York and Los Angeles. Focus Features’ Paul Thomas Anderson British period title
_Phantom Thread _opens Christmas Day at the Arclight Hollywood and The Landmark in Los Angeles and the Lincoln Square and Union Square in New York. Sony Pictures Classics also has Michael
Haneke’s _Happy End _opening on Friday in 113 theaters.
