Ticket sites were reported experiencing crashes due to demand and all that has now amounted to over $50 million in advance ticket sales for North America.
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The Force Awakens will obviously break The Hobbit’s December record without even trying, actually at this pace it might be there opening day, but how far can it realistically go in December, before the holidays.
Meanwhile others were brought to tears, including one particular woman who was so overcome with emotion she could barely speak.
That’s double the size of the previous record-holder, “The Dark Knight Rises”, which netted $25 million in pre-sales in 2012. You can’t experiment. You have to do it a certain way. Emotionally, I’m thinking, “Are you kidding me?!?”
Borrowing a line from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Kennedy added “We’re making this up as we go”.
And while Star Wars VII is already breaking records, analysts expect it to do even better.
Jurassic World reached $1 billion in just thirteen days and that is another record that may be under threat when The Force Awakens is finally released. “Not only that, but “‘It’s in the same spot as Avatar, which played and played and played.
“The Force Awakens”, directed by J.J. Abrams, opens in the United Kingdom and Australia on December 17 and in the U.S. on December 18.
Fans of The Force can battle it out to get their hands on an exclusive range of Star Wars artwork in Leeds today, as the fight against the evil Empire comes to the high street.
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Will you keep watching the new “Star Wars” promotional footage as it’s released, or are you trying to remain as spoiler free as possible? That might be a little unfair, and while it’s certainly the worst of the prequels (and worst overall Star Wars film), it’s still an important movie in the pantheon of popular culture. Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.
