‘Little Women’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ Ride High Over the Five Day Holiday Weekend

Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker topped the weekend box office for a second weekend in a row, while the weekend’s newcomers — Sony’s Little Women and Fox’s animated feature Spies in Disguise — both topped studio expectations as did this weekend’s expansion of Uncut Gems, which has now topped $20 million domestically.With an estimated $72 million, Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dipped -59% in its second weekend, pushing the film’s domestic gross over $361 million after ten days in release.

The drop is much larger than we expected given the past performances of films over the same time frame.

It is, however, better than the -67.5% second weekend plunge for The Last Jedi a couple of years ago as it has managed to close the gap between the two films after ten days in theaters.Internationally, Rise of Skywalker added $94.3 million this weekend for a $363 million

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