Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters on December 18. After selling the Star Wars franchise to The Walt Disney Co.in 2012, he approached the company with story ideas for a new trilogy.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Force Awakens” has surpassed the $50 million mark in advance tickets in North America. No movie has opened to more than $100 million in December, with the $85 million bow for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey still holding the month’s record. “Now it’s happening all over again”, presumably referring to an undisclosed plot point in “The Force Awakens”. If you do it with accuracy, the AT-AT Walker should tow instantly in Star Wars Battlefront. If they can be won over, if they can be pulled away from holiday celebrations and convinced to buy tickets on opening weekend, then The Force Awakens has succeeded.
By October 20, Fandango had reported it beat its own presale records, selling eight times more than what it churned out for the opening day of the first “Hunger Games” movie.
First up this week, we’ve got a cool video featuring Han Solo himself, Harrison Ford, who was kind enough to surprise a few of the many donors to Disney and Lucasfilm’s Force for Change charity. It has been one of the most anticipated films of the year and it looks like it will not disappoint.
Thing is with great advanced ticket sales also come ridiculous expectations and if The Force Awakens doesn’t meet them, well let’s just say it won’t be pretty. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for example got nearly a 3.6 (with so-so reception) while Avatar – the highest grossing movie of all time – had a 9.7.
AP ‘Avatar’ holds the all-time domestic box office record with $760 million.
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What we know for a fact is that Luke Skywalker overcame the dark side at the end of Return of the Jedi, his last on-screen appearance, helping his father return to the light.
