千呼萬喚始出來?！缎乔虼髴?zhàn)：最后的絕地武士》（Star Wars: The Last Jedi）終于將在明天12月15日正式上映，個別幸運的盧克天行者粉絲，將在今天晚上參加這部備受期待的電影的提前點映。

經(jīng)過近一年的輿論造勢、廣泛的市場營銷和周邊商品搭售，評論家們終于在本周早些時候就《最后的絕地武士》發(fā)表了意見，而結(jié)果幾乎是一面倒的好評?，F(xiàn)在，華特迪士尼（Walt Disney）和盧卡斯影業(yè)（Lucasfilm）將拭目以待，看看這部經(jīng)典系列電影的最新一部續(xù)集在實際上映之后會取得怎樣的成功。毫無疑問，《最后的絕地武士》在本周末的首映票房必將登上全球票房排行榜的榜首，但它能否超越2015年的前一部影片《原力覺醒》（The Force Awakens）？

《原力覺醒》在兩年前引爆電影院，很快便打破了多項票房紀(jì)錄，以2.47億美元創(chuàng)下了美國國內(nèi)最高的首周末票房記錄。這部票房的全球票房超過20億美元，美國國內(nèi)9.36億美元的票房成績再次打破紀(jì)錄。

有好萊塢跟蹤機(jī)構(gòu)預(yù)測《最后的絕地武士》的首周末票房將達(dá)到2.15億美元（全球首周末票房可能達(dá)到4.4億美元）。這一成績雖然落后于《原力覺醒》，但也將使這部新電影成為史上第四部國內(nèi)首周末票房突破2億美元的電影。《最后的絕地武士》的首映成績將幫助行業(yè)分析師們預(yù)測，其能否像《原力覺醒》一樣突破20億美元票房大關(guān)，或者只是更接近去年的《星球大戰(zhàn)》外傳《俠盜一號》（Rogue One）。《俠盜一號》在全球僅取得了超過10億美元的票房成績。另外，《最后的絕地武士》要想成為2017年票房最高的電影，還要超越一部迪士尼真人翻拍電影《美女與野獸》（Beauty and the Beast）（全球票房12.6億美元）。

總體而言，2017年是好萊塢票房低迷的一年，與去年同期相比下滑了超過4%。《最后的絕地武士》如果能夠取得與《原力覺醒》（在2015年12月18日上映至2015年底，共收獲超過6.5億美元票房）不相上下的票房成功，將給不景氣的電影行業(yè)的年度成績帶來重要的利好消息。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

It’s finally here. Star Wars: The Last Jedi officially hits theaters tomorrow, Dec. 15, with some lucky Luke Skywalker fans catching early showings of the highly-anticipated movie tonight.

After nearly a year of build-up, extensive marketing, and merchandise tie-ins, critics finally weighed in on The Last Jedi earlier this week, with mostly positive reviews. Now, Walt Disney and Lucasfilm will wait to see just how successful the iconic franchise’s latest installment will be with actual movie audiences. There’s little doubt that The Last Jedi will end its opening weekend atop the global box office, but can this movie possibly fare better than its predecessor, 2015’s The Force Awakens?

The Force Awakens blasted into theaters two years ago and immediately broke box-office records, with a record for the biggest domestic opening weekend gross of $247 million. The movie went on to gross more than $2 billion at theaters worldwide, including a record $936 million domestically.

Hollywood tracking estimates an opening weekend haul of up to $215 million for The Last Jedi (the number could hit $440 million worldwide). That would fall short of The Force Awakens, but it would also make the new movie only the fourth ever to top the $200-million mark for a domestic opening weekend. The Last Jedi‘s opening bow will help industry analysts predict whether or not the film will reach the $2 billion mark, like The Force Awakens, or if it will finish closer to last year’s Star Wars spinoff, Rogue One, which grossed just over $1 billion worldwide. The Last Jedi also has Disney’s live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast ($1.26 billion globally) in its sights as it looks to become the highest-grossing movie of 2017.

Overall, 2017 has been a down year for the Hollywood box office, which is down by more than 4% compared to last year at this time. If The Last Jedi has a similar immediate box-office success to The Force Awakens (which grossed more than $650 million between its release, on Dec. 18, 2015, and the end of that year), then it would provide a major boon to the struggling industry’s yearly results.