These totals shattered the domestic box office opening weekend record of $208.8 million set by Jurassic World earlier this year.
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The Force Awakens just has to make $37.1 million between China, India, and the other remaining global markets to simply meet Jurassic World’s foreign gross total, which would in turn easily surpass the worldwide opening weekend gross totals.
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And in a pair of interesting coincidences, Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow will be directing the as-yet-unnamed Star Wars: Episode IX.
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The last Star Wars movie in 2005 collected just $US9 million there.
Previously, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige sent the following congratulations to Universal when “Jurassic World” topped the previously box-office record held by “The Avengers” since 2012. It’s one of those “instant movie star” moments you hear about but rarely see. It also now owns the biggest opening day and biggest single day records, as well as being the widest December release of all time.
JBL Advisors analyst Jeffrey Logsdon estimates that AMC’s earnings per share could rise by up 5 cents in the current-quarter, based on a box office of $500 million by December 31.
The ludicrous rake that The Force Awakens took in during its first weekend broke piles of records.
Disney’s sustained marketing campaign tapped into the nostalgia for the original trilogy and got people talking about the movie via social media. It will open there on January 9.
Han Solo and company premiered to overwhelmingly positive (and mostly spoiler-free) reviews, earning a 95% on the critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. But now, the cast and crew of the new film have been making more interview rounds where they reveal some behind-the-scenes information, as well as try to answer some questions that viewers have had since watching The Force Awakens.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” had pulled in about $517 million in worldwide ticket sales through Sunday, according to industry experts, re-establishing the celebrated space saga as a global phenomenon for Walt Disney Co.
On Facebook, the countries most engaged with conversations about Star Wars were the US, the United Kingdom and Australia.
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Fans of the franchise also came out in record numbers over the weekend to be introduced to new characters like Daisy Ridley’s scavenger Rey, Adam Driver’s villainous Kylo Ren, and John Boyega’s stormtrooper turned good Finn.
