'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Gets Off To Flying Start At UK Box Office

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The latest instalment in the ā€˜Star Warsā€™ franchise is off to a flying start at the box office, new figures have revealed.

ā€˜The Last Jediā€™ has already won rave reviews since its debut last week, and itā€™s now been confirmed that here in the UK - where it had the widest cinema release of all time, showing in more than 700 cinemas - the filmā€™s first few days have given it the third-biggest opening weekend of all time.

Pulling in around Ā£27.5 million, ā€˜The Last Jediā€™ now sits behind the 2017 remake of ā€˜Beauty And The Beastā€™ (no. 2) and, of course, the last ā€˜Star Warsā€™ film ā€˜The Force Awakensā€™, which currently holds the title of biggest UK opening weekend ever.

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'
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This is no doubt music to Disneyā€™s ears, as the film company was behind all three of these films.

Outside of Britain, ā€˜The Last Jediā€™ has been even more successful. In the US its opening weekend puts it at number two on the all-time list.

The film pulled in a whopping $220 million (roughly Ā£165 million) in its first few days in the States, meaning itā€™s overtaken 2015ā€™s ā€˜Jurassic Worldā€™ and 2012ā€™s ā€˜Avengersā€™ offering, but again, still below ā€˜The Force Awakensā€™, which made around $248 million (Ā£186 million) in its opening weekend.

Original ā€˜Star Warsā€™ actors Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher both return in ā€˜The Last Jediā€™, as do ā€˜The Force Awakensā€™ stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver.

If you still havenā€™t seen it, check out HuffPost UKā€™s spoiler-free verdict on ā€˜The Last Jediā€™ here.

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