‘Force Awakens’ Starts With $14.1 Million Overseas

The Force is indeed strong with the latest sequel to the “Star Wars” saga, and even Marvel has joined in on the online craze.

Tickets for the film went on sale in October and more than 200,000 tickets were sold in 24 hours.

3-D screening accounted for 47% of the night’s grosses on Thursday. “Once those credits hit, it’s just like so much things are going to be coming out – tears, I don’t know”. I cried sad tears.

Recent mass shootings like the one in San Bernadino, California, or Paris come to mind and with the big Star Wars movie out Thursday night, and so does the 2012 Colorado theater shooting.

Ms Ritter is to be walked down the aisle by another fan, dressed as Darth Vader, and the couple plan to celebrate by seeing the movie afterward. Her son, Linus Hunter, wore a Chewbacca onesie. Moviegoers said the film had them on the edge of their seats.

“We’re going to have stories upon stories about this”, Anthony said.

The seventh installment in the Star Wars franchise opened officially in 4,134 theaters on Friday.

The J.J. Abrams-directed film easily beat the previous Thursday record of $43.5 million, set in 2011 by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”.

“There are literally millions of tickets available for this weekend”, he said.

Eager U.S. fans had already bought more than $100 million in advance tickets for the “The Force Awakens” by Tuesday, according to Box Office Mojo.

Not every fan who saw the film opening night was dazzled. “It was awesome, I loved it”, said Chris Harper, Star Wars Fan.

“It was very interesting, very intriguing; definitely worth seeing”, she said. “I like how they bring back the old quotes and old scenery and old people… I’m watching it five, six, seven more times“.