Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened with a bang over the weekend, raking in a whopping $220 million by Sunday according to studio estimates.
Overseas, the second installment of the third Star Wars trilogy opened equally successfully, raking in $230 million according to Disney.
That takes total ticket sales up to nearly half a billion dollars globally.
First place is still held by The Force Awakens, which took in $248.8 million in its first weekend in the United States and has grossed $2.1 billion in global ticket sales since its release.
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