The updated estimate from Disney places the seventh Star Wars movie about $6 million ahead of current record holder, Universal’s “Jurassic World”, which opened at $208.4 million earlier this year on the June 12-14 weekend.
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“The Force Awakens” brought in a stunning $120.5 million on Friday, eclipsing the previous record held by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” by nearly $30 million.
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Prior to Friday’s release, over $100 million in advance tickets were already sold, prompting Cineplex in Canada to increase opening weekend screenings by 50 per cent – an additional 160 screenings at 115 theatres across the country. From there, it’s still a long way to hit the worldwide lifetime total box office record of $2.78 billion – also held by Avatar – but based on its stellar performance, if anything can do it, it’s likely to be Star Wars.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Becomes Fastest Film To Reach 0 Million
If you’re still with us, you’ll know that Han Solo is killed by his son Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens . Abrams directed the 0 million production, overseeing a cast of “Star Wars” veterans and newcomers.
New studio estimates and Rentrak further estimate that the J.J. Abrams-directed Force Awakens will destroy the weekend box office record with at least a $225 million weekend total.
One day down, one record broken.
That includes a chart-topping $57 million from fans who flocked to see the first showings on Thursday night.
Globally, The Force Awakens has taken an estimated $US517 million ($A720 million), according to boxofficemojo.
The movie’s massive debut also defies the industry’s conventional wisdom that a winter film could never compete with the opening-weekend box office of a summer smash.
“The Force Awakens” starring John Boyega (l.) as Finn and Daisy Ridley (r.) as Rey took in a record breaking $238 million in US and Canadian ticket sales this weekend.
He said “Star Wars” profits won’t offset larger troubles Disney faces from shrinking subscribers at the ESPN sports network.
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The original release that launched this entire franchise, 1977’s “Star Wars”, is still the second biggest film ever ($1.49 billion) when adjusted for inflation – trailing only the 1939 classic “Gone With the Wind” ($1.68 billion).
