It was never going to have the legs of Force Awakens, even if it was universally loved. That was a lightning in a bottle type movie -- long awaited sequel, return of old beloved characters, positive reviews and word of mouth, decades of frustration from the bad prequels as well as a decade of nothing...
It would be more apt to compare it to Rogue One, which you would expect it to perform better than at the box office (which it is pacing to do).
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