Not to mention that the movie also debuted with a record setting $248 Million domestically crushing Jurassic World’s previous record $203 Million.
Advertisement
Miss Universe Organizer: Steve Harvey Welcome Back Next Year
I was like whoa, [Wurtzbach] really brought her A-game and was super competitive but also…she just deserved it. We asked former Miss Universe runner-up Shandi Finnessey what it’s like to perform under all that pressure.
Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall couldn’t be happier for the movie’s director JJ Abrams, producer Kathleen Kennedy and the rest of the team and found the ideal way to congratulate them for taking the title.
Bernie Sanders says Sandra Bland would be alive if she were white
Unresolved issues include possible charges against the trooper who arrested 28-year-old Sandra Bland . A medical examiner ruled Bland’s death suicide but her family has publicly disputed those findings.
Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill arrive at the premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Hollywood, California December 14, 2015.
First body pulled from Shenzhen landslide, at least 81 still missing
Rescue personnel and lighting facilities have been dispatched to the accident site successively to ensure continuous rescue work. Before he was pulled out, Tian had been given oxygen and received intravenous infusion, Zhang said.
On Dec. 18, the world was reintroduced to a galaxy, far, far away when “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was released.
The Force has awoken at the global box office, with Star Wars Episode VII earning $529 million on its opening weekend, outshining Jurassic World’s $524 million from earlier in the year.
In the United Kingdom it took £9.6 million on Thursday – a new first day record. The domestic four-day take is poised to be around $288 million.
As far as all-time box office sales, two films by James Cameron hold the record – “Avatar” ($2.78 billion) and “Titanic” ($2.18 billion), and it is expected that “The Force Awakens” might unseat both.
In a movie as big as this – it’s already broken a number of notable box office records – there are inevitably going to be a very long list of Easter Eggs which make repeat viewings essential, and you just know that’s something Disney are pretty happy about right now!
Analysts say the space saga could become the biggest-selling movie of all time, even if it does fail to top Jurassic World’s global opening figures.
Variety goes on to report that Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were both paid low-seven-figure salaries, with Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac receiving mid-to-high-six-figures, and John Boyega and Daisy Ridley earning between $100,000 and $300,000.
Advertisement
Meanwhile “Creed”, a next-generation version of the “Rocky” series earned $5 million in its fourth week on the big screen.
