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Disney breaks $5B mark

Star Wars also beat Jurassic World in America – 248 million dollars (£166 million) compared with the dinosaur movie’s 208.8 million dollars (£140.2 million) this summer. But by Friday afternoon, those projections began to look increasingly conservative. This is just the latest in a laundry list of records set by J.J. Abrams’s film, the seventh in the franchise, which had analysts anticipating a debut anywhere from $150 million to $300 million.

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The Force is strong with critics and audiences, whose enthusiastic reactions have powered a 95 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and an excellent A CinemaScore, with an A+ among women and younger audiences, for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The animated “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”, came in second place in its first weekend, with $14.3 million, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow. At the end of the movie they would have reconciled and gotten over their differences. For starters, the movie opened across the nation Thursday night, with more than $57 million in receipts.

“The Hateful Eight” – Even before director Quentin Tarantino became vocal about Disney pushing him out of a flagship theater, this one was a bit of a “Star Wars”-ian concern”.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in cinemas now. Disney reportedly chose to create two different pay scales: one for the original cast members who were returning, and a lower one for the new characters. This week, films including Sony’s “Concussion”, Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home”, Fox’s “Joy” and Warner Bros.’ “Point Break” will hit theaters.

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This playfulness between filmmakerswhen it comes to records has 30 years of form, especially in the case of Star Wars.

'Star Wars' blasts opening weekend record with $238 million