It may already be breaking advance ticket sales , but very early box office tracking for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker projects it to have a softer opening weekend than expected.

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According to Box Office Pro 's tracking, The Rise of Skywalker is projected to have an opening weekend in the range of $185-225 million for a total domestic box office haul of between $550-750 million.In comparison, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened to $248 million and $220 million, respectively. The Force Awakens remains the highest-grossing film of all time domestically (and not adjusted for inflation) with $936.7 million. The Last Jedi is the ninth highest-grossing film domestically with $620.2 million.It must be noted that these are very early projections and could very likely shift upward in the months ahead, which is common for high-profile releases.As Box Office Pro points out: "As a rule of thumb, Star Wars trilogies have developed an emerging pattern in the only two sample cases: the first film establishes major, benchmark-setting numbers and proves to be the highest grosser of its trio, the second film declines significantly and generates the lowest attendance of that respective trilogy, and the third film rebounds for a second-best performance. It remains to be seen if Skywalker solidifies that trend, but a strong finish to the story is more likely to result in that outcome than not."Yet it should also be noted that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will face plenty of competition at the box office this December from the likes of Jumanji: The Next Level, Cats, Spies in Disguise, and 1917 to name just a few high-profile holiday season releases.For more on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, check out everything we know about the film so far , learn the location of where the Death Star II crashed , and get the scoop on the Emperor's new throne