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Big movie pulls in very big money at box office
In order to attain these kinds of numbers, a movie must appeal to multiple demographics and perhaps even attract repeat visitors (“Titanic” in particular is famous for people having gone to see it more than once).
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He said: “I went back home [to New York], and I thought about it”. “This is a huge, huge win”. CEO Bob Iger told Bloomberg TV on Monday.
But this may just be the beginning of the film’s box office empire with movie choices in January and February pretty depleted at the cineplex. “Disney has this down to a science”.
Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens smashed box office records this weekend!
Its Friday box office receipts were also at record amounts, leaving little doubt that it would break the domestic opening weekend record of $208.8 million set by Jurassic World this summer. The seventh installment of the epic saga now has the most successful debut of all-time stateside.
The franchise will also be incorporated at US Disney theme parks, bringing to life the droids, spaceships and otherworldly creatures of the universe Lucas created in 1977 and set in a galaxy far, far away. It earned only $14 million.
Nostalgia, plus a carefully planned, months-long release of film trailers and character profiles boosted interest.
Its total was boosted by global sales of $279 million (£187 million), plus the option to see the film in IMAX, 3D and large screen options. Audiences awarded an “A” grade in polling by survey firm CinemaScore.
Disney’s “Star Wars” lands (Florida and California)?
After years of anticipation and with all the massive hype surrounding it, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has finally arrived in theaters and there’s only one question that needs to be answered: Is the movie any good? The two are the highest- and second-highest-grossing movies of all time domestically, respectively (and not adjusted for inflation).
This photo provided by Disney/Lucasfilm shows Daisy Ridley, right, as Rey, and BB-8, in a scene from the film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, directed by J.J. Abrams.
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“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”, the fourth and last movie in the blockbuster franchise that turned Jennifer Lawrence into a Hollywood megastar, earned $5.7 million, falling to fourth place in its fifth week in theaters. Investors aren’t necessarily surprised that “Star Wars” broke weekend box office records.