Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has officially crossed $1 billion at the global box office as of Tuesday, January 14, 2020.
As reported by Variety, The Rise of Skywalker earned $481 million at the domestic box office and garnered an additional $519 million internationally for a grand total of $1.001 billion.
Episode IX was released in theaters on December 20, 2019, and it took the last film of the Skywalker Saga 28 days to achieve this milestone, which is actually longer than both The Force Awakens’ 12 days and The Last Jedi’s 19 days.
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Box office ticket sales for this newest trilogy have steadily declined since 2015’s The Force Awakens brought in $936 million domestically and $1.1 billion internationally. 2017’s The Last Jedi earned $620 million domestically and $712 million abroad.
Even though The Rise of Skywalker didn’t surpass its predecessors, it did help Disney cap off an incredible year that saw them releasing seven films that surpassed $1 billion worldwide. These successes and more helped lead the House of Mouse to $3.76 billion domestically, $7.35 billion internationally, and a whopping $11.12 billion worldwide.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was the ninth film in 2019 to cross the $1 billion mark and is the 46th film of all time to join the billionaires club.
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For more on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, be sure to check out our review, our thoughts on what the true meaning of the Skywalker Saga is, and a full breakdown of an alleged leak of Colin Trevorrow’s Episode IX script.
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Source: IGN.com Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Crosses Billion Worldwide