“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Earns Record Thursday Night

Star Wars frenzy has swept the celeb world with anyone and everyone getting involved. This handily breaks the previous record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which had held since 2011 at $43.5 million. The long-awaited sequel first debuted with Thursday Night Previews.

The Force Awakens also beat the record for Thursday night previews by taking in $57 million. The movie has opened in 44 countries outside North America, earning US$72.7 million in total through Thursday.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Rick Thomas was at the movie theatre with his father, watching his first Star Wars movie.

Set more than 30 years after the end of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens”, continues the story of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford).

The opening weekend record is now held by “Jurassic World”, which premiered earlier this year to $208.8 million (roughly Rs. 1,384 crores) at the box office.

Star Wars The Force Awakens box office collections: “Force Awakens” began rolling out in global markets on Wednesday.

But so far, “The Force Awakens” is attracting the interest of seemingly everyone.

The new “Star Wars” film is the seventh installment in the series created by George Lucas in 1977.

“The Force Awakens” is expected to gross $180 million to $220 million through Sunday in its domestic opening weekend. “Sith” generated almost $850 million in worldwide box office.

Such a positive reaction for “The Force Awakens” may attract the kind of repeat viewings that made James Cameron’s “Avatar” and “Titanic” the highest grossing films of all time. First lady Michelle Obama hosted a screening for children of families that lost members to war.

In a turn of events that will shock precisely nobody, a fantasy adventure space film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens is making insane amounts of money.