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...
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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