Star Wars: The Force Awakens has shattered North American box office records by scoring the biggest opening of all time with a $238 million (£159 million) haul.
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That number blasted the record for the biggest pre-opening in box office history held by “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, which made $43.5 million on its opening night in 2011. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has also taken in $72.7 million from its first two days in 44 global markets.
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Disney is projecting a domestic weekend total of around $220 million, which would surpass the record $208.8 million of “Jurassic World“.
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“Our sole focus has been creating a film that delivers that one-of-a-kind Star Wars experience, and director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, and the Lucasfilm team have outdone themselves”, reads a press release from Alan Horn, chairman of Walt Disney Studios.
The Force Awakens is the seventh movie in the Star Wars franchise and the first in a new trilogy of space adventures, set around 30 years after the events of The Return Of The Jedi. Of the cast, Ford, Ridley and Adam Driver (as a young Darth Vader-like villain, Kylo Ren) stand-out in a hugely entertaining return to form for Star Wars.
The Death Star-sized Thursday night in the USA should also help to boost the film’s outlook for a record breaking opening weekend as well. The Disney marketing machine has been working non-stop for over a year to make sure everyone, even those who aren’t big Star Wars fans, felt the need to see it as soon as possible.
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Worldwide, the movie is expected to take in just over $517m (£346m) in ticket sales, putting it in second place behind Jurassic World, which took $525m (£351m) this summer. Disney said that 47 percent of the Thursday box office came from 3-D showings and $5.7 million from Imax screens.
