In third place, the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy “Sisters” earned an estimated $13.42 million in its opening weekend.
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The turnout for “Star Wars” is an encouraging result for Disney, rival media companies and movie theaters. Not to mention, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was the fastest film to reach $100 million and later $200 million in sales.
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Thanks to the massive debut of “The Force Awakens” the overall box office for all movies this weekend also broke a record, bringing in over $300 million for the first time in history.
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The film flew past the opening weekend record held by Universal’s “Jurassic World”, which made $208.8 million on the weekend it opened in June.
J.J. Abrams’s “Force Awakens” is benefiting from not only decades of Star Wars fandom and nostalgia, but also – unlike the prequels – critical acclaim and positive word of mouth.
The Force Awakens made $57m (£38m) on Thursday night – beating the previous record of $43.5m held by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011. Theaters added showtimes to meet demand, Disney said.
Force Awakens is the seventh instalment in the epic science-fiction franchise created by George Lucas in 1977.
The movie’s massive debut also defies the industry’s conventional wisdom that a winter film could never compete with the opening-weekend box office of a summer smash.
“Our sole focus has been creating a film that delivers that one-of-a-kind Star Wars experience, and director JJ Abrams, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, and the Lucasfilm team have outdone themselves”, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn said in a statement.
Critics lauded the movie’s throwback feel, doses of humor and the performances of newcomers Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac.
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“We have so many options for entertainment, yet look at where everyone is flocking this weekend – to the multiplex”, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at box office tracking firm Rentrak. It will open there on January 9.
