Despite this influx of new competition, Star Wars: The Last Jedi should have no trouble repeating atop the box office this weekend, with a projected $135.6 million.
If Star Wars: The Last Jedi matches this projection of $135.6 million, it will also mark a 39.8% drop, and it’s possible that its second weekend decrease is even lower, given how some of the biggest secrets unveiled in The Last Jedi were massive and change the face of the whole franchise.
Pitch Perfect 3 opens in roughly 3,400 theaters but currently has just a 41% rating on RT, a sharp decline from 2012’s Pitch Perfect (80% on RT) and 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2 (67% on RT).
As expected, Disney and LucasFilm’s The Last Jedi gave a shot in the arm to the sagging box office, with a massive $220 million opening weekend that was good enough for the second highest debut ever, just behind 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($247.9 million).