Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle knocked Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi from its top spot at the domestic box office on New Year’s Day 2018. The standalone sequel to Joe Johnston’s 1995 fantasy adventure movie, Jumanji – which itself is based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s novel of the same name – catapulted the franchise into the modern day by transforming the classic board game into a 1990s-era video game.
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