Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has opened ahead of The Greatest Showman on its opening day at the box office.
Bringing in an estimated $7.2 million on Wednesday from 3,765 theatres, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has made a decent bow at the start of the Christmas movie season rush.
It finished considerably ahead of Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman, which opened to $2.5 million from 3,005 locations.
Neither film could of course get anywhere near Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which added to its already titanic haul with $16.9 million on Wednesday, bringing its six day total to $278.8 million.
The Last Jedi will also stay on top over the Christmas period, and is expected to bring in as much as $120 million between Wednesday and Monday, well ahead of the $48 million or so expected from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
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In the brand new adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the tables are turned as four teenagers in detention are sucked into the world of Jumanji. When they discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of, they are immediately thrust into the game’s jungle setting, into the bodies of their avatars, played by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan. What they discover is that you don’t just play Jumanji –Jumanji plays you. They’ll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, or they’ll be stuck in the game forever…
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sees Jake Kasdan (Sex Tape) directing a cast that includes Dwayne Johnson (The Fate of the Furious), Kevin Hart (Central Intelligence), Jack Black (Goosebumps), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Rhys Darby (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Nick Jonas (Scream Queens), Alex Wolff (The Sitter), Madison Iseman (Still the King), Morgan Turner (Remember Me) and Ser’Darius Blain (Star Trek Into Darkness).
