Record opening night of $57 million for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Check them out in the gallery below along with some more characters from the film.

That means “The Force Awakens” could also eclipse the global opening weekend record of $316.1 million by “Jurassic World” – along with the dino movie’s worldwide opening record of $524.9 million.

Thousands of fans have flocked to be the first see the new Star Wars movie – The Force Awakens in Australia. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk produced the film with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has already made box office history.

Critics lavished praise on “Force Awakens”, which features newcomers Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac alongside original stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.

He said “I think “Star Wars” has lasted so long because of the underlying mythology which came from [creator] George Lucas’ wonderful imagination and it gets passed on from generation to generation by families because there’s a useful nugget of human truth in it”.

By the time another work week starts Monday, Heather Black will have seen “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” five times.

Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe says he’s been an avid Star Wars fan since the very beginning, when he was ten years old.

Others were able to catch the film at other theaters in the cinema complex.

The seventh Star Wars movie – which generated hundreds of sold-out shows and thousands of fans showing up in costume – looks likely to take in 15 times as much as Universal’s Tina Fey-Amy Poehler comedy “Sisters”.

“It’s good. This is good”, he said. “It means a lot to me”. And if you do, as they say, may the Force be with you. This column is the personal opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of The News-Sentinel.