Star Wars obliterates opening weekend record, $247.9 million
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BoxOffice @BoxOffice · 3h3 hours ago
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS opened with a record breaking $247,966,675 this weekend. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens
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BoxOffice @BoxOffice · 50m50 minutes ago
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS opened with a record breaking estimated $238.0M this weekend. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens
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BoxOffice @BoxOffice · 21m21 minutes ago
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday. #StarWars #TheForceAwakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will end up with a record-breaking Thursday preview tonight for Disney, with an estimated $50M to $55M in box office receipts as it flies into what will be a massive Friday (as the preview number will roll into the Friday force awakensgross). The biggest single day belongs to Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2, which grabbed $91M in its first night (including $43.5M midnight previews). Star Wars opened for previews at 7 PM. 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. Given that the latest installment of the cult favorite is playing around the clock in some areas, all eyes are waiting to see if those records will fall. Stay tuned.
Here we come $100 million opening day. Poor Jurassic World.