The highly anticipated movie "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" collected US$40 million in US and Canadian ticket sales on its opening night, the fifth-highest debut of all time, Walt Disney Co said on Friday.[LOS ANGELES] The highly anticipated movie"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" collected US$40 million in US and Canadian ticket sales on its opening night, the fifth-highest debut of all time, Walt Disney Co said on Friday.
Longtime fans of the celebrated science-fiction franchise packed theatres Thursday evening for the ninth instalment in the story of a fabled Jedi warrior in a galaxy far, far away.The debut in the United States and Canada, the world's latest film market, came in lower than the last two"Star Wars" films."The Force Awakens," released in 2015, hauled in US$57 million on its first night in theatres, and 2017 instalment"The Last Jedi" took in US$45 million.