HOLIDAY CHEER

‘Little Women’ Soars at the Holiday Box Office

Greta Gerwig’s adaptation has brought in $29 million since Wednesday, though ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ is still No. 1.

Overall ticket sales for the holiday box office reached $200 million for the weekend, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Little Women leading the game. J.J. Abrams’ final chapter in the Star Wars trilogy remained at No. 1, surpassing the $361 million mark in North America after bringing in $72 million this weekend and $136 million over the five-day Christmas period. Disney and Lucasfilm’s Rise of Skywalker garnered $725 million globally, marking itself as the 10th-highest grossing film in 2019 worldwide and seventh-highest domestically. Greta Gerwig’s take on Louisa May Alcott’s literary classic Little Women secured No. 3 after generating $16.5 million during the weekend and $29 million since Wednesday. The movie—which stars Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet, Emma Watson, and Laura Dern—has earned $35.3 million worldwide.