Last Thursday, May 2, it was re-released in national cinemas Star Wars: The Phantom Menace to celebrate 25 years since its original premiere, being a moment highly anticipated by fans.
It was in 1999 when the film arrived as the beginning of the prequel trilogy of the original story, being the episode Imarking an entire generation and meaning a great milestone for another.
To this day, the franchise enjoys great popularity throughout the world and It is positioned as the most important in the industry cinematic and continues to prove it with each release, including this special case.
As reported Box office Mojoin its first weekend of re-release the film has managed to raise more than $15 million dollars worldwide, being +$8.7 million only locally (in the United States).
And while these numbers are not as abysmal by themselves, as they usually are with re-releases, when added to the total collection, the title could enter the Top 50 of the highest-grossing films of history.
Strictly speaking, The Phantom Menace It is positioned 45th with more than $1,035 million dollarsleaving behind Despicable Me 3, Finding Dory, Zootopia, Alice in Wonderland and harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stonehaving more time ahead.
Likewise, it is important to note that we are talking about one of the installments that was highly criticized at the time, even one of the lowest in Star Wars, which continues to attract attention, making clear the importance of George Lucas’ creation.
