Fans, who often attend showings as their favorite Star Wars character, bought up tickets at a phenomenal rate, giving the movie a record-breaking $57 million from Thursday night’s previews.
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The Force Awakens has already broken the United Kingdom opening day record by taking £9.64m on Thursday, eclipsing the £9.48m for the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in July 2011.
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The seventh chapter in George Lucas’ space saga is set 30 years after Return Of The Jedi, and is crucial to Disney’s success.
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Disney’s biggest worry has been that moviegoers will be too daunted by sold-out shows and long lines.
Interestingly enough, though women are accounting for only 36% of the North American box office on The Force Awakens, they liked the film slightly more: Women gave it a ideal A+ CinemaScore rating, while men gave it an A. Saturday and Sunday will depend more on traditional walk-up business. As of last night, Disney reported exhibitors were still adding screens to meet demand.
Internationally, the movie made $279 million for a combined global first weekend of $517 million.
The movie is now open in all markets except Greece and India, where it opens December 24, and China, which has set a January 9 debut. However, those numbers began to look like conservative estimates after the Thursday and Friday screenings. Even Avengers: Age Of Ultron only earned $3 million at iMax screenings.
Speaking at the European premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in London’s Leicester Square this week, he said: “I’m glad people are interested”.
More importantly, the film sets the scene for more sequels to come, not to mention multimedia spinoffs and merchandising.
And while many analysts expected the film to collect $1.5 billion to $2 billion globally, “The Force Awakens” is now predicted to gross $2.6 billion worldwide.
Caroline Ritter, 34, a truck driver, and firefighter Andrew Porters, 29, were among about 100 die-hard fans who camped outside Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre since December 5 for the opening of The Force Awakens.
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“When you cue up all the footage and things that were shown, it’s really not a lot of the film, and I think that’s what makes it incredibly special”.
