The projections from Walt Disney Co late Friday indicated the film could eclipse the $208.8 million record set by dinosaur adventure film “Jurassic World” in June. The previous December opening weekend record was $84.6 million, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and by Sunday night The Force Awakens could improve on it as much as 200%.
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Box Office: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” crosses $250 million globally – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has already earned $100 million in North America and its global earning has crossed $250 million, which is a new record.
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The overseas rollout of the film started on Wednesday and since then it has made an estimated $129.5 million internationally. This is the 2nd highest global debut of all-time behind exclusively “Jurassic World”, which made $525 million globally in Jun. For all we know Star Wars: The Force Awakens could drop like a rock next weekend, which is usually one of the biggest of the year. It can open there on January 9.
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Nomura Securities analyst Anthony DiClemente, who rates Disney a “buy”, said he was more confident after seeing the movie that it could become the top-grossing film of all time.
Critics lavished praise on “Force Awakens”, which features newcomers Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac alongside original stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
Director JJ Abrams recently told the Los Angeles Times that he has loved the Star Wars universe from the beginning, since first seeing the film A New Hope in 1977 at age 11.
“The Force Awakens” garnered a solid “A” CinemaScore and a near flawless 95% score on RottenTomatoes.com.
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The movie also had record ticket sales in the UK, Russia, Australia and other countries and it could end up being the most popular movie at the box office.
