'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Gets Off To Flying Start At UK Box Office

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The latest instalment in the β€˜Star Wars’ franchise is off to a flying start at the box office, new figures have revealed.

β€˜The Last Jedi’ has already won rave reviews since its debut last week, and it’s now been confirmed that here in the UK - where it had the widest cinema release of all time, showing in more than 700 cinemas - the film’s first few days have given it the third-biggest opening weekend of all time.

Pulling in around Β£27.5 million, β€˜The Last Jedi’ now sits behind the 2017 remake of β€˜Beauty And The Beast’ (no. 2) and, of course, the last β€˜Star Wars’ film β€˜The Force Awakens’, which currently holds the title of biggest UK opening weekend ever.

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
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This is no doubt music to Disney’s ears, as the film company was behind all three of these films.

Outside of Britain, β€˜The Last Jedi’ has been even more successful. In the US its opening weekend puts it at number two on the all-time list.

The film pulled in a whopping $220 million (roughly Β£165 million) in its first few days in the States, meaning it’s overtaken 2015’s β€˜Jurassic World’ and 2012’s β€˜Avengers’ offering, but again, still below β€˜The Force Awakens’, which made around $248 million (Β£186 million) in its opening weekend.

Original β€˜Star Wars’ actors Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher both return in β€˜The Last Jedi’, as do β€˜The Force Awakens’ stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver.

If you still haven’t seen it, check out HuffPost UK’s spoiler-free verdict on β€˜The Last Jedi’ here.

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