Underneath, it bears the message,”Universal Pictures, Steven, Frank and Colin congratulate Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the biggest opening weekend in galactic history”. “Watch as his adventure unfolds, and may the force be with you this holiday season!”
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set a global opening weekend record, beating the previous record holder Jurassic World, to rake in $529m (£355m). In Ireland it broke the record for the biggest single day in ticket sales, earning $910,140 (€836,845) on its opening day.
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In a cute image tweeted by Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall, a T-Rex is seen passing a medal on to new Star Wars droid BB-8. He later posted two clips of himself surprising a family watching the “Star Wars” trailer.
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In the United States, the film has taken an impressive $247 million domestically in its first three days, and $281 million internationally bringing the weekend global box office takings to an astounding $528 million worldwide.
Jurassic World now holds the record for the largest four-day weekend in the United Kingdom and Ireland. “The Force Awakens” closed out Monday with $288.1 million after breaking the previous Monday record, only for Tuesday totals to push it past the $300 million mark.
Episode VII picks up the intergalactic story of good versus evil 30 years on from The Return Of The Jedi, the last episode of the original trilogy.
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The trio of heroes who appeared in the first of the blockbusters in 1977 – smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), leader of the rebel alliance, and her twin brother Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) – are all back and played by the actors that “Star Wars” first made famous.
