Star Wars’ Big Screen Failure Is Officially the World’s 2nd Biggest Movie

If you go with the theory that general audiences treated the latest Star Wars movie not as the franchise’s first theatrical installment in seven years, but as an extension of a streaming series meant for home viewing, it wasn’t the legendary box-office failure it was labeled as. For instance, the movie grossed three times as much at the global box office compared to the DC Universe’s second installment, Supergirl, and Amazon MGM’s would-be franchise-starter Masters of the Universe. The Star Wars film recently debuted on Disney+, ostensibly its home turf, and delivered a solid performance in its first five days. In fact, the viewership figures posted by the film were good enough for it to claim the number-two spot on the Nielsen chart.