Star Wars The Force Awakens box office collections: The movie already smashed several film industry records and won praise from critics and moviegoers. That surpassed the previous opening-day record of $US43.5 million for the final Harry Potter movie in 2011. The seventh movie in the celebrated sci-fi franchise is projected to sell close to $220 million worth of tickets in the United States and Canada through Sunday, beating the record $208.8 million for “Jurassic World” in June, Disney said.
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Get ready for an influx of Star Wars box office reports, because Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been breaking records since pre-sale tickets went online, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Although it was based on a popular Disney theme park attraction, featured a hot director in Brad Bird, boasted a Memorial Day Weekend release date and A-list star George Clooney, the film was still an original story that was not based on an established source material.
Early estimates from the company also indicated that it had raked in $130 million worldwide since the film first hit some theaters on Wednesday internationally.
The box office has awakened. For additional context, the opening weekend record holder “Jurassic World” grossed only $18.5 million from Thursday previews. The group, a Mardi Gras parade club, is celebrating the premiere of the latest “Star Wars” movie with costume…
Forty-seven percent of Thursday’s domestic ticket sales came from 3D tickets, Disney said.
When the 49-year-old behind The Force Awakens was initially offered the movie by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, he said he felt it was not the right move for him. Lara Tshering takes a photograph of her brother Ugyen Tshering as he stands next to the Star Wars movie poster during opening night of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at Century Theatre in Boulder, Colo., Thursday, … “It’s great to see that all fans can enjoy the “Star Wars” experience, as our theater partners continue to add new screens and new showtimes every day”. The Force Awakens’s opening weekend is only the first test to see whether the film will satisfy Disney investors and film buffs alike.
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Imax and 3-D screenings are helping to propel the record gross. “There’s a screening of Star Wars” for people who lost a family member in the Iraq war”.
