‘Last Jedi’ Becomes the Top-Grossing Domestic Movie of 2017
- Latest ‘Star Wars’ chapter crosses $1 billion worldwide
- Film provides hope of industry rebound after down year
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“The Last Jedi” is giving movie-theater chains a new hope for 2018.
Walt Disney Co.’s latest chapter in the Star Wars saga became the No. 1-grossing movie of the year after generating an estimated $52.4 million in U.S. and Canadian sales over the weekend, according to estimates Sunday from researcher ComScore Inc. The film’s domestic total of $517.1 million for 2017 topped the $504 million tallied by the previous No. 1, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”