Star Wars: The Force Awakens collected a galactic $250-million (R3.7-billion) in global ticket sales on Friday and headed towards a historic opening weekend in the USA and Canada as fans around the world revelled in the return of the beloved space saga.
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It smashed the biggest Friday and biggest single-day record in North America, exceeding the 91 million USA dollars of “Deathly Hallows 2” by 29.5 million.
By weekend’s end, The Force Awakens could soar past $245 million to lock down the biggest opening weekend ever, toppling the previous champ, Jurassic World’s $208 million opening, The Hollywood Reporter writes.
The Walt Disney Co., which also owns production company Lucasfilm and ABC News, announced Sunday that the film obliterated the all-time domestic debut record by raking in an estimated $238 million in ticket sales.
The force was indeed with the latest entry in the “Star Wars” franchise over the weekend, “The Force Awakens”.
“The Force Awakens” falls just behind the worldwide record for an opening weekend. The record holder for the biggest opening during the month was “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, which took in $85 million in domestic receipts in 2012.
Biggest December debut (nearly 3 times previous record of $84.6M).
The movie, directed by J.J. Abrams, scored a 95 percent positive rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.
Fans eager to see the first “Star Wars” movie in a decade came dressed as Stormtroopers or Jedi.
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Abrams, the movie 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.
