With a lot of cash in the bank, and the response to the film generally very positive, all concerned with Star Wars: The Force Awakens can finally breathe out a little. The problem is that for as much as we received, there remain some glaring omissions from the film in terms of context, subtext, action sequences and character arcs.
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The film also set a new IMAX worldwide opening weekend record – grossing USD$48 million worldwide on 677 screens (excluding China), surpassing the Company’s previous best weekend set by Jurassic World with USD$44.1 million globally (which included China).The previous worldwide box-office record holder in IMAX – without China – was Avengers: Age of Ultron, which earned USD$25.2 million during its opening weekend globally. If there were perhaps concerns that a longer runtime would affect the pacing of the film, I’d argue that J.J. Abrams is good enough at his job to bury those concerns.
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Disney said in a statement: “With final numbers now in, Star Wars: The Force Awakens rose above estimates to post an all-time industry-high 248 million dollars (£166 million) domestically, plus 281 million dollars (£188 million) internationally for an all-time record global debut of 529 million dollars since opening December 16”.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, previously held both records at $43.5 million for an opening night and $91 million for a first day.
At the world premiere of the “The Force Awakens” in Hollywood last Monday, Marshall interrupted a live-stream interview with George Lucas to jokingly ask the director, “You’re not going to beat my movie, are you?”
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Well, as it turns out, one of the new main cast was originally set to die in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
