Wrapping up a 42-year-old film franchise is hard to do, and the box office results here were bittersweet. After fans griped over Rian Johnson’s disruption of the Star Wars canon with The Last Jedi, and the departure of Colin Trevorrow as director on Episode IX, Lucasfilm went back to Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams to get the franchise back on the rails. Fans gave Rise of Skywalker somewhat of a cold shoulder with a B+, the lowest CinemaScore ever for a Star Wars live-action movie, and that showed in the downturn of grosses for this finale, with the $376.1 million global opening off 17% from Last Jedi‘s $450.8M and off close to 30% from Force Awakens’ $528.96M.
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