The flick broke the global box office opening weekend record! The largest age group talking about Force Awakens on Facebook was the 18-34 demo, but the 35-54 demo was most passionate with the most interactions per person.
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In Canada, for instance, The Force Awakens hit $18.6 million Cdn in ticket sales on the weekend, making it the biggest opening weekend ever for a film in Canada.
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“They tailored the campaign to every geography around the world, and did it in a way that still preserved some of the mystery of the film while not leaving a single stone unturned”. We still haven’t learned everything that happened to Kenobi between the end of Revenge of the Sith and the beginning of Star Wars, so it’s possible he could have had time to start a family. The $238 million that The Force Awakens cleared domestically was easily a record. The audiences for opening weekend were almost evenly split between males and females and audiences and critics alike gave the film approving reviews.
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$57,568 – The film’s per theater average, the highest opening weekend for a wide release film. It was also, on its own, bigger than any total domestic box office weekend since June.
The new “Star Wars” film will nourish Disney’s studio, theme-park and merchandise businesses for years.
With official numbers now in, Star Wars has posted actuals that now confirm it to be the biggest global debut in history with $529 million. And then there’s Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Kylo’s father, who is killed by his son’s hand during one last attempt to bring him back into the light.
Iger led the 2012 acquisition of the “Star Wars” franchise and the rest of Lucasfilm for $4 billion.
“Jurassic World” producer Frank Marshall tweeted out the following image congratulating the cast and crew of “Star Wars” for besting the dinos at the box office. It’s been inextricably linked to “Star Wars” since 1977, when Kenner sold empty boxes at the holidays because it couldn’t keep up with demand for action figures.
It remains to be seen whether “Star Wars” will have a halo effect on the industry and get theatergoers to also see other movies.
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522 – Days until the release of “Star Wars: Episode VIII”, the next chapter in the “Star Wars” saga.
