Jurassic World had the advantage of opening in China on the same weekend it opened everywhere else, whereas The Force Awakens won’t debut in the world’s second biggest cinema-going territory until 9 January. The previous record for such previews was the $43.5 million set by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” in 2011, according to data from Rentrak Corp.
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It also had the biggest single-day in sales for any movie, along with the biggest Friday a film has ever had with $120.5 million.
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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” had the biggest opening weekend for a movie ever.
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In New Zealand, the first-day screenings alone, starting at midnight on Thursday, netted more than $1.5 million. The movie set opening-day records in Australia, Brazil, Britain, France, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and other countries.
This photo provided by Disney/Lucasfilm shows Daisy Ridley, right, as Rey, and BB-8, in a scene from the film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, directed by J.J. Abrams. Star Wars fever is sweeping the nation, and we couldn’t be happier about it.
Noam Galai/Getty Images Fans line up to watch “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” outside of AMC Loews Kips Bay 15 on Thursday in New York City.
Like the throats of Darth Vader’s commanding officers, box office records have been crushed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The movie is likely to become the highest grossing film in an opening weekend Disney added, while reporting that it had already made $250 million globally.
Disney owns the Star Wars franchise, after buying it from Star Wars creator George Lucas in 2012 for $US4.05 billion, and The Force Awakens is the first Star Wars film in 10 years since Revenge of the Sith. That should make the $200-million-plus production very profitable for the company.
Avatar generated $2.8 billion sales worldwide after its release in December 2009.
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The Force Awakens has to settle for 2nd in the global sales stakes behind Jurassic World.
