According to studio estimates on Sunday, \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d will add $52.4 million over the weekend bringing its domestic total to $517.1 million.<\/b>
\nLos Angeles \u2014 On the last day of the calendar year, \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d has surpassed \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d as the top grossing film in North America in 2017. It also topped the charts for the weekend for the third time, but just barely \u2014 Dwayne Johnson\u2019s \u201cJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle\u201d is close on its tail.
According to studio estimates on Sunday, \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d will add $52.4 million over the weekend bringing its domestic total to $517.1 million. \u201cBeauty and the Beast,\u201d also a Disney release, netted $504 million for the year.
With the weekend\u2019s earnings, \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d will also cross the $1 billion mark globally \u2014 even before it opens in China on Jan. 5.
But \u201cStar Wars\u201d is facing some hefty competition still, from the likes of The Rock, Jack Black and Kevin Hart, whose \u201cJumanji\u201d sequel took in $50.6 million in its second weekend in theaters to take second place. The Columbia Pictures film has earned a stunning $169.8 million to date and could even reach $300 million domestically by the end of its run.
The acapella franchise \u201cPitch Perfect 3\u201d took third place in weekend two, with $17.8 million, bringing its total to $64.3 million \u2014 still less than what \u201cPitch Perfect 2\u201d earned on its opening weekend alone in May 2015 ($69.2 million).
Another musical, \u201cThe Greatest Showman,\u201d with Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum, came in fourth place with $15.3 million after adding 310 screens. The animated kids film \u201cFerdinand\u201d took fifth with $11.7 million.
In its first weekend in theaters after debuting on Christmas Day, Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201cAll the Money in the World\u201d took in $5.5 million, bringing its total to $12.6 million. The film got some added recognition when Scott replaced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer and reshot portions of the film only 6 weeks before it was set to hit theaters. But the hype of the impressive feat hasn\u2019t translated into big earnings.
Another adult-targeted film, Alexander Payne\u2019s \u201cDownsizing,\u201d is struggling in theaters, taking in $4.6 million in its second weekend in theaters. The Matt Damon-starrer has earned only $17.1 million to date against a $68 million production budget.
In limited release, Aaron Sorkin\u2019s \u201cMolly\u2019s Game,\u201d starring Jessica Chastain, earned $2.33 million.\u201cAs end of year marketplaces go, this is a great time to be a moviegoer,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for comScore. \u201cThere are so many movies out there, the only trick is how do you see all of them.\u201d
The year as a whole will surpass $11 billion again, with comScore projecting $11.12 billion, which is down 2.3 percent from last year\u2019s record-breaking grosses ($11.4 billion), and almost on par with 2015\u2019s $11.14 billion.<\/p>\n

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