Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now playing in theaters in the United States, and soon, around the world. “I cried happy tears”.
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Caroline Ritter and Andrew Porters were part of the LiningUp group, who spent almost two weeks waiting outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
The projections have the latest “Star Wars” entry well on its way to blowing up “Jurassic World’s” $208.4 million opening weekend record with an estimated $250 million tally of its own.
For one, analysts are putting Disney’s behemoth at $100 million on Friday, which would make it the first three-digit-millions single day gross, ever.
Kelly Shelton Fuqua has been watching the Star Wars films her whole life. Chris Geer poses for a photo in front of the Star Wars movie poster with his son Ethan during opening night of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at Century Theatre in Boulder, Colo., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015.
Anticipation is so high that speculation has already emerged that “The Force Awakens” could set a new record for worldwide gross by passing “Avatar” at $2.78 billion.
While domestic box-office returns won’t be available until later Friday, the Walt Disney Co. said Thursday the film debuted with $14.1 million from its first screenings in 12 worldwide markets.
Someone who did plan to see the film at the Taylor Theater Thursday night was Chris Koppelman. Star Wars fever is sweeping the nation, and we couldn’t be happier about it.
Handy says the movies are very familiar to his friends despite the fact that they were born more than a decade after “Jedi” was released. “I like how they bring back the old quotes and old scenery and old people…”
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I found it to be a worthy addition to the canon, albeit more of a handover to a new cast than a significant advance on the overall narrative.
