So if you were wondering if Star Wars really needed another trailer since everyone’s gonna see it anyway, there’s your answer. It just smashed the record for online views, racking up 112 million in just 24 hours.
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Tickets for the Star Wars Marathon Event are priced at a total of $59.99, for an average of $8.57 per movie (or $3 per hour in blissful communion with fellow Star Wars geeks). Fortunately, there are still plenty of tickets to be had for opening weekend and beyond.
He said the film had seen more hype than any of the prequel trilogy films released between 1999 and 2005, and may see a return of an older generation of fans.
For more Star Wars: The Force Awakens, check out our extensive breakdown of the trailer (including screenshots), as well as the reactions to the trailer by its stars Daisy Ridley (who plays Rey) and John Boyega (who plays Finn). “And we were equally blown away by the advance ticket sales”.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens 16 December in France and the following day in the United Kingdom, while the U.S. will get to see it on 18 December.
Movie ticket giant Fandango crashed for hours on October. 19 soon after presale tickets went on sale, and the website ended setting more than eight presale records.
Adds the note from Lucasfilm on StarWars.com: “The Force”. What I mean to say is, let us turn from the Dark Side…
The drum roll leading to the release of Star Wars: the Force Awakens has intensified after Disney announced it will broadcast a trailer for the hotly anticipated film today. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers.
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Despite Mark Hamill having second billing behind Harrison Ford on the film’s official promo poster, his character Luke Skywalker was left off the poster and out of the long-awaited third trailer, which debuted Monday night during “Monday Night Football”.
