The film, which also set new records for a December movie opening in North America, biggest Thursday night preview screening in North American and fastest film to $200 million U.S., is expected to continue as a box office draw through the new year. But for those interested in the comparison, the new Star Wars film did not break the dinosaur sequel’s global $316 million opening record. Fandango reports this morning that it sold 37% of the estimated 8.5M-0M opening weekend ticket sales for the J.J. Abrams film.
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According to CNN, the film brought in $528 million internationally.
Star Wars shatters opening weekend records
Globally, “The Force Awakens” has taken in 7 million, according to estimates made by its production company, Walt Disney Co. Cue the Imperial March, because the new “Star Wars” is power-stepping its way into the record books with dramatic precision.
Unfortunately, while Disney may have domination of the box office, the corporation are still a long way off building a real Death Star, which would apparently cost $852,000,000,000,000,000 to make in real life.
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The Star Wars franchise has a fresh set of faces leading it in its galaxy far, far away, a pair of formerly unknown actors named Daisy Ridley and John Boyega.
“I said to him, ‘You need to look at this as a $4 billion movie, ‘ that’s how I’m looking at it”, Iger told the Wall Street Journal this week. “It’s bigger than we thought it would be”. The studio has as many as five more Star Wars films in the works. Star Wars’ receipts are even more impressive given that Jurassic World’s take included $11.8 million from opening weekend in China, where Star Wars won’t be released until January. Firstly, with a $119.1 million gross from Friday alone, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the biggest Opening Day Gross, Friday Gross, and Single Day Gross.
32 – Number of years between “The Return of the Jedi” and “The Force Awakens”.
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USA Today featured a gaffe of the first order in its Monday print edition, placing an image of the Vulcan hand gesture of “Star Trek” fame above a main story about the box office success of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”.
