Star Wars: The Force Awakens: JJ Abrams Says No Extended Cut
During its weekend in Germany, it grossed $7.3 million, taking its total money made in Germany to $92.8 million.
As for the weekend, the film took in $41.63M domestically and set a record in China this weekend with $56.3M.
Still, Disney faces bigger hurdles in matching its U.S success in China and other Asian countries, where the “Star Wars” franchise isn’t as well known or have as big a following as in Western countries.
For the entire weekend, the movie easily got Chinese viewers to shell out about $53 million, according to Walt Disney Co, which owns the film.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been a huge hit for Disney.
The $33 million haul on Saturday gave Disney its biggest opening day ever in China.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens recorded more than three million euro sales in Ireland in just five days, business analysts said. It went on to gross $390.9 million in China, just over a quarter of the movie’s total earnings.
Over the week The Force Awakens cruised past Avatar to be the highest ever grossing domestic movie and this weekend it cleared another landmark: first movie to ever break $800 million.
Star Wars Time report that it will only premiere with Captain America: Civil War, which is due into cinemas on May 6, 2016.
It has become the first to make more than $800m (£550m), having taken $812m (£558m) so far. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, $104.3 million. 2. The film, which is expected to land DiCaprio in the Oscar race, pulled in a sterling 38 million in its wide release debut.
Sisters follows two sisters (Amy Poehler and Tina Fey) who find out their parents are selling their family home, so they throw one last house party. “The Hateful Eight”, $6.4 million ($12 million international). 7.
Concussion rounded out the top 10 with $3 million for the weekend and a diminutive $30 million total.
“As fans leave the market, the momentum of Star Wars has entered the phase of an average Hollywood blockbuster”, Li said. The film should finish up with about $90 million in the USA and is unlikely to make back its $90 million budget at this point. Where available, the latest worldwide numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.