Jumanji: The Next Level
J.J. Abrams’Star Wars : Episode IXmay be facing some serious contender at the box berth next year , as the Dwayne Johnson - starringJumanji 3is nowset to releasejust one hebdomad earlier , on December 13 , 2019 . If we ’d heard this news a year ago it would have seemed like box post felo-de-se forJumanji 3 , but the massive surprise succeeder ofJumanji : Welcome to the Junglemeans that perhaps it ’s Disney who should be disturbed .
Welcome to the Jungle , which was a loose continuation to the 1995 moving-picture show , was released in December 2017 , just one workweek afterStar warfare : The Last Jedi . While theJumanjisequel scored a modest $ 36 million opening weekend , it went on to have leg as muscular as Dwayne Johnson ’s , gross astaggering $ 961 million worldwideby the end of its run .
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We already knew thatJumanji 3wastargeting a 2019 Christmas - clock time going , but ( to borrow Johnson ’s diction ) found the flagstone so close toStar Wars 9is still a sheer move . It may well have been regulate in part by the late release ofSolo : A Star Wars Story , which became thefirst everStar Warsmovie to fall through at the box office . WithSoloproving that theStar Warsbrand is n’t the unstoppable Jagannath that it was previously assumed to be , Sony may have been emboldened to challengeStar war 9at the in demand vacation box business office .
On the other hired hand , the discharge appointment may simply be an attempt to get out ahead ofStar Wars 9and mark the big chess opening weekend thatWelcome to the Jungledidn’t quite manage . Sony may , intelligibly , be working on the August 15 thatJumanji 3won’t have the same legs that the late movie did , and will therefore ask to be more top - laboured to see alike succeeder .
While parry - programing can allow very dissimilar movies to peacefully co - exist at the box office , Jumanji 3andStar Wars 9are both family action at law - adventure movies with four - quarter-circle appeal and a nostalgia constituent for adult . Star Wars 9has the weight of the franchise ’s mega - pop brand behind it - not to note being the last chapter in a trilogy - butJumanji 3has Johnson , who is a mega - popular blade unto himself . ThoughStar Wars 9is virtually guaranteed to have a massive opening weekend no matter what , there ’s a prospect thatJumanji 3could put a dent in it .
On the other script , Jumanji 3releasing ahead ofStar Wars 9 , rather than after it , may really be good news for Disney . Though it scored a predictably Brobdingnagian opening night weekend , The Last Jedihad thebiggest Friday - to - Friday dropof anyStar Warsmovie , and grossed more than a third of its domestic total in its curtain raising weekend . unattackable competition fromWelcome to the JungleandThe Greatest Showman(which is still in theaters , and gross nearly $ 87,000 over the last weekend ) contribute toThe Last Jedi ’s rapid dip - off , so it may benefitStar Wars 9to have its big rival release beforehand , rather than take the tip out of its second weekend .
It ’s hard to say which of these two blockbuster is most at risk of infection of being cannibalized when neither of them have even started filming yet . Johnson has say thatJumanji 3writer / conductor Jake Kasdan has come up with a " dynamite pitch " for the sequel , though , and contribute how well the lastJumanjimovie perform , Disney ca n’t afford to be complacent .
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