Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed more during its Thursday preview screenings, with $59 million in receipts. The Force Awakens went on to the biggest opening weekend ever with $247 million. It ultimately became the highest-grossing film in U.S. history with $936 million.

Box office projections for The Last Jedi, the second installment in the current Star Wars trilogy, predict a $200 million U.S. opening weekend. Projections say The Last Jedi will take in roughly Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which did $29 million on Thursday and bowed to $155 million its first weekend. Rogue One grossed $532 million at the domestic box office and $1 billion worldwide.

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THR reports that Star Wars: The Last Jedi looks on-track to meet projections, grossing $45 million in Thursday previews. With those numbers, The Last Jedi will bump Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 from the #2 spot behind The Force Awakens.

If projections are met, Star Wars: The Last Jedi will wind up 2017 as the year's box office champ, bumping Disney's Coco would be it, with $139 million (good enough for #19).

The Star Wars money making machine shows no signs of running down with The Last Jedi, a heavily marketed film that will bring in even more cash through merchandise. Next year, Disney will go back to the spinoff well with a huge chunk of the film. Observers will watch Solo's numbers closely for signs of cracks in the thus far invincible Disney Star Wars juggernaut.

Down the road, Disney will release calling for women and people of color to have a shot at directing a Star Wars film. That might even happen in our lifetimes.

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Source: THR