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The latest Star Wars film, The Last Jedi has demolished whatever competition it had and occupied the top spot in a jiffy. The second iteration of the sequel trilogy, The Last Jedi opened at an incredible 220 million dollars, second only to its prequel, 2015's The Force Awakens. The film continues Rey's quest to discover her place in the galaxy far, far away as her training begins with the titular last Jedi. Luke Skywalker, who lives in a self-imposed exile. Here is the entire list of movies that had the biggest openings. All U.S. figures are taken from boxofficemojo.com.
A still from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The latest Star Wars in town, Rian Johnson directed this much-awaited film in a trilogy that is all about Resistance's struggle against Supreme Leader Snoke's First Order. It opened at 220 million dollars.
This Colin Trevorrow film was the most awaited one in the franchise after Steven Spielberg's original. The audience came to see the new, restored amusement park in droves and the film opened at 209 million dollars.
It was the first time audience was witnessing a superhero team-up on the big screen and excitement was palpable. Superheroes like Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America and others united to save the world and no comic book fan was going to miss it. The Marvel film opened at 207 million dollars.
Age of Ultron was the second installment in Marvel's Avengers franchise and was marred by an uninspiring villain. But since it did everything else right, it was a huge success at the box office. It opened at 191 million dollars.
What if the greatest superheroes fought against each other? Russo brothers created a kind of magic with this film which we hope will be there in Infinity War as well. The film opened at 179 million dollars.
The live-action adaptation of the animated classic was faithful to it. Some unkind people might say, too faithful. The film was loved across the world for its simple story of redemption through love and opened at 175 million dollars.
Iron Man is arguably the most popular Avenger with his wisecracks, and Iron Man 3 was much loved and improved upon its weaker predecessor. It opened at 174 million dollars.
It all ended here. The conclusion to Harry Potter film franchise was naturally surrounded by a lot of anticipation and hype and die hard fans rushed to theaters to watch it. It earned 169 million dollars.
It was the first time two of the most iconic superheroes were going to fight each other on the big screen, and it was a nerd's delight. Although the film was a huge disappointment, it opened at an impressive 166 million dollars.
