“The Force Awakens” shattered box office records with an estimated $517 million in worldwide ticket sales through Sunday, a staggering debut that re-established the celebrated space saga as a global phenomenon under Walt Disney Co. The previous opening weekend domestic box office record was held by Jurassic World, which opened to $208 million earlier this year. It also captured records for the highest single-day sales of $120.5 million, the first film to gross more than $100 million in one day and blowing away the previous record of $43.5 million set by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” in July 2011.
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· Biggest IMAX Thursday night preview ($5.7M), single-day ($14M, Friday), and weekend ($30.1M). The current ranking of the top 3 best opening weekends of all time in Canada are Star Wars: The Force Awakens (projected at $17.1MM), followed by Marvel’s The Avengers ($15.6MM) and Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron ($13.8 MM) in 3rd place.
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That falls short of the dinosaurs’ global opening weekend record of $316.1 million and their record for a worldwide – that is foreign and domestic grosses combined – opening weekend of $524.9 million within range.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already smashed several film industry records and won praise from critics and moviegoers.
That includes a chart-topping US$57 million from fans who flocked to see the first showings last Thursday night.
The Force Awakens stars veterans Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, along with newcomers Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis and Domhnall Gleeson.
As many expected, the hype surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken box office records around the world for its opening weekend.
In just a few short days Star Wars: The Force Awakens has done what some movies could never hope to accomplish during their entire theatrical run.
Over the weekend, fans reveled in the chance to visit the “Star Wars” galaxy for the first time in a decade.
Audiences gave the new release an A grade, and an A-plus among women and younger audiences, according to polling firm CinemaScore. It also earned a 95 percent fresh rating from RottenTomatoes.
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Opening at midnight on Wednesday, the film took £9.6 million ($14.3 million) on its opening day, setting a new United Kingdom and Ireland record.
