STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Begins Its Box Office Domination

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Begins Its Box Office Domination

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is expected to become one of, possibly even the most profitable movie of all time by the end of its box office run, and it's off to a very good start having amassed an impressive sum after only 1 day of release internationally. Details past the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Dec 17, 2015 12:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars

Star Wars: The Force Awakens previews kick of in the U.S. tonight, but the movie opened in 12 foreign markets on Wednesday, beginning its B.O. run with a collective $14.1M. J.J. Abrams' critically acclaimed return to the galaxy far, far away is expected to earn between $180M-$220M over the weekend domestically, and such an impressive start to its international haul puts it well on the way to surpassing that on foreign soil - possibly even reaching Jurassic World‘s international debut record of $316.1M.

It remains to be seen if The Force Awakens smashes the all-time box office records held by the likes of Titanic ($2.18bn) and Avatar ($2.78bn) of course, but one thing's for sure: it deserves to. You can check out my 5 star review here, and be sure to let us know your B.O. predictions in the usual place.
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Matador
Matador - 12/17/2015, 12:58 PM
mahkra
mahkra - 12/17/2015, 12:58 PM
Just saw it. A Very Good movie, but just under ‘Great’. Imo, better than all the rest, except obviously the first two, with a lot of similar themes & beats to Ep. IV.

JJ is definitely a fanboy tho, and gets Star Wars a lot more than the guy who directed the prequels.
Philvis
Philvis - 12/17/2015, 1:00 PM
My theater nearly tripled it's non 3D showings for tomorrow. Originally there were only about 6 showings. I think the final numbers that trickle in on Monday are going to be crazy. It has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating, so I doubt it can get lower than 90% at this point, so I definitely think that will fuel repeat business and entice new Star Wars watchers. I'm going out on a limb, but I foresee a $275 to possibly $300 million domestic opening alone.
TheDarkPassenger
TheDarkPassenger - 12/17/2015, 1:01 PM
A pile of dogshit on the side of the road should earn more money than Avatar.
HubbleFunk
HubbleFunk - 12/17/2015, 1:05 PM
Stay off the comment sections guys, just seen someone maliciously posting spoilers on another article.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/17/2015, 1:08 PM
Trying to hold out until Christmas Day to see this but not sure I can wait that long.
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 12/17/2015, 1:10 PM
Check the only spoiler free review you ever will need to see here, http://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-fi/news/?a=129072
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 12/17/2015, 1:13 PM
now that the plug is out the way, I really hope this movie ends up doing great, not much competition on it's way in terms of movies, so excited to see how much of money of that I won't get a pence of will end up making
kalelhawj
kalelhawj - 12/17/2015, 1:14 PM
It's a fun movie but not as great as all these review are claiming it to be. I rate 8/10...
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 12/17/2015, 1:19 PM
@HubbleFunk
Oh shit, I hope this doesn't repeat the damn Iron Man 3 spoiler fiasco we had here when it came out, one low-life was adamant on spoiling the twist on ever single artice. I wasn't a user back then, but remember the comment section was bonkers!
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 12/17/2015, 1:19 PM
Awesome sauce!
Pasto
Pasto - 12/17/2015, 1:21 PM
I honestly don't think any film next year will be able to hold a candle to TFA's box office intake.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/17/2015, 1:25 PM
LOL!!!!!! @Gusto! SuperCat loves the kids!
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 12/17/2015, 1:27 PM
I'm just happy it seems this film is out and it looks like I will finally have a good Star Wars film come out in my life.

Now let's get with Episode 8. Rian Johnson is a genius. I cant wait to see what he's scheming up.

JJ paid respected to the OT in 7.
Rian will likely do something that will shake up SW in a new way in 8.
HubbleFunk
HubbleFunk - 12/17/2015, 1:27 PM
@aXe

Ive just seen the film so I knew the spoilers were real, and they were major ones.
It was in the BvS lego article BTW. I reported it but don't know if that will stop it.

I don't get people who want to ruin other peoples experiences by posting spoilers.
Surely they would have been pissed if it had happened to them?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 12/17/2015, 1:28 PM
@Pasto

Don't tell @FrozenJoy that. Cap Civil War is gonna gross 5 billion.
TheNightmareVirus
TheNightmareVirus - 12/17/2015, 1:31 PM
@KyloRen1217

Wanna not post spoilers in the comments? Kthanks.
HubbleFunk
HubbleFunk - 12/17/2015, 1:34 PM
@TheNightmareVirus

It's a fresh user account, obviously set up to just post spoilers on threads.
I've reported a couple of these users in the past hour. Stay of the comment sections if you haven't seen the movie. Some people are just c*nts.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/17/2015, 1:35 PM
As I said on the review thread, don't get the "rehash" thing at all.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/17/2015, 1:41 PM
LOL!! @Gusto. Jerk!
AidsIhave
AidsIhave - 12/17/2015, 1:41 PM
@SuperCat

What video is that gif from?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/17/2015, 1:41 PM
@InfiniteMonkey

I walked into that one!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/17/2015, 1:43 PM
@AidsIhave

No clue. Just searched google for a "Star Wars money" gif :/
Nenured
Nenured - 12/17/2015, 1:46 PM
It was fun! +-
dubjon
dubjon - 12/17/2015, 1:48 PM
@mahkra
George Lucas (The guy who invented Star Wars) is the guy who directed Episode I
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