Disney’s carefully planned release of film trailers and information over several months also boosted sales, he said.
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J.J. Abrams’ seventh chapter in George Lucas’s space saga arrived with the kind of hoopla and anticipation that few films have ever matched.
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It was Bortles’ 10th touchdown pass in three weeks, the most ever by a Jaguars quarterback ever during a three-game stretch. When you win, everything’s all right. “I feel like we can do this every week if we want to”. “We do too much stupid stuff”.
Standing next to his wife, who was decked out in a R2-D2 hoodie, Chris Barreno was getting ready Saturday for his second viewing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at a theater in in El Segundo, Calif. The film beat out the 2011 film “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” in holding the record for Thursday night preview sales with $57 million.
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Disney gushed that combined with Friday figures, ticket sales “are pointing to a total day of $100M+ for a new industry record… and the first triple-digit-million day ever!”
Guatemalans dressed as Princess Leia sing the Star Wars soundtrack during an event held for the release of the film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Guatemala City, Dec. 16, 2015.
The site Box Office Mojo also claims it’s the first film to gross more than $100 million in a single day, while the film also looks to be on track to set a new record for an opening weekend in the United States and Canada.
The phenomenal success of the new Star Wars film confirms that the Walt Disney Co.’s 2012 acquisition of LucasFilm back in 2012 for a staggering $4 billion wasn’t such a high-priced gamble after all.
The Force Awakens crowd was also perhaps slightly older than may have been expected.
Overseas, “The Force Awakens” opened to $279 million as it played in every major market except China, India and Greece. There are probably plenty of repeat viewings happening among fans, but The Force Awakens may not have the staying power of Avatar or Titanic, the films that have the top two spots in both the domestic and worldwide box office charts.
Tomorrow is a key box office day as it will help determine what the film’s walk-up business will be.
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After fielding questions, Obama concluded the press conference: “OK everybody, I got to get to ‘Star Wars'”. The movie scored a 95 percent positive rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. But we just don’t know how many repeat viewers and part-time Star Wars fans are going to show up on Sunday.
