Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Thursday night box office has beaten a record previously owned by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the hotly anticipated seventh installment in the sci-fi saga, earned a staggering $238 million at the North American box office during its opening weekend, Rentrak announced Sunday.
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Through Friday, worldwide ticket sales reached $US129.5 million, setting opening-day records in Britain, Germany, Brazil, Australia and other countries. That should make the $200-million-plus production very profitable for the company.
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Moviegoers cheers and wave lightsabers before the first showing of the movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, December 17, 2015.
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The Force Awakens has its sights set on Avatar’s highest grossing movie record, which now stands at $2.8 billion in global sales. “The Force Awakens” was heading towards a Thurs. night-Fri. total of greater than $120 million domestically, stated Dave Hollis, head of distribution for Disney.
Early reviews of the movie have given it a big thumbs-up and three more instalments are due in the coming years.
The movie is likely to become the highest grossing film in an opening weekend Disney added, while reporting that it had already made $250 million globally.
Standing next to his wife, who was decked out in a R2-D2 hoodie, Chris Barreno, 36, was getting ready Saturday for his second viewing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the ArcLight Cinemas in El Segundo.
The dinosaur blockbuster took in $525 million when it launched, making it the biggest Box Office opening ever.
When The Force Awakens was released investors and film analysts watched ticket sales to predict its sales.
Disney paid $US4 billion for Lucasfilm in 2012.
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The characters were present for a screening organised by Michelle Obama for children of families with lost members to war.
