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Only predecessor &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#8221; earned more in one day ($119.1 million).<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s best figure by a factor of 29, the tally positions &#8220;The Last Jedi&#8221; for an opening weekend in excess of $200 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ferdinand,&#8221; which earned $3.6 million, was Friday&#8217;s #2 film.  &#8220;Coco&#8221; grabbed #3 with $2.2 million, while a tally of $1.5 million positioned &#8220;Wonder&#8221; as the day&#8217;s #4 film.<\/p>\n<p>Credited with $1.0 million in Friday receipts, &#8220;Justice League&#8221; was the day&#8217;s #5 performer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; earned more money in a single day.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[3268,10142,10085,5482,10177,10084],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&quot; Debuts With Second-Biggest Day In US Box Office History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&quot; predictably got off to a scorching start at the US weekend box office. 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