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Christmas Day was the third-highest in advance ticket sales for The Force Awakens, and a strong backup lineup of films to support it should make this Christmas – and Christmas weekend – one for the record books.

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Up for grabs was seven years of free movies, Star Wars collector’s items and a trophy for the person who made it through an endless loop of the franchise as part of a marathon viewing contest.


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“I wanted to demonstrate my passion”, he told Variety. The three most downloaded apps were Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (164,000), LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (41,000), and Star Wars: Commander – Worlds in Conflict (29,000). In order to succeed, he had to sit through The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), followed by Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), and finally The Force Awakens on a loop.


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After dominating the opening weekend box office with $238 million domestic and $529 million global, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues its domination of the cinema space. The Force Awakens – that small, insignificant movie he directed which opened in cinemas over the world just last week – is already breaking records, and both critics (read our review of The Force Awakens here) and audiences are enjoying it quite a bit. Still, the enormous take on Monday suggests that The Force Awakens will have substantial legs.

J.J. Abrams must be feeling pretty good right now.

“It’s very good, very good”, she said.

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Abrams fans will get their fix of the director’s earnest brand of geek eloquence in this new Academy talk, moderated by John Horn, where the filmmaker shares the stage with writer Lawrence Kasdan; producer Kathleen Kennedy; the movie’s production and costume designers; and Han Solo himself, Harrison Ford.

Filmgoer named Star Wars marathon champ after watching saga for 46 hours straight