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Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World, which opened in June, currently has the record for the biggest opening weekend ever at $208.8M, surpassing Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers‘ $207.4M. Unlike other tentpoles, Force Awakens has been playing around the clock in some areas.
“It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen,” one exhibition insider told us as Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is cruising toward an earth-shattering Thursday night preview record tonight. We’re literally hearing from our non-Disney sources that it Fans Line Up To Watch "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" In New York Citycould push to $50M — and some say much higher. That would be phenomenal and better than the record set by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows-Part 2, which made $43.5M from midnight showings in 2011. From Valencia, CA to New York City, shows are selling out back-to-back. “Every time a show is added, it sells out,” said another
