Star wars:The Force Awakens grossed an estimated $120.5
million in its first day, including $57 million for Thursday night preview
shows, making it the highest single day on record, according to Walt Disney Co.
The tally topped the previous record holder, "Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows -- Part 2," which grossed $91 million from its Thursday and
Friday shows in July 2011. The film has already grossed more than $250 million
worldwide.
The numbers for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" are
unprecedented for a film premiering in December. The record holder for the
biggest opening during the month is "The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey," which took in $85 million in domestic receipts in 2012.
"The Force Awakens" is expected to gross $180
million to $220 million through Sunday in its domestic opening weekend.
However, those numbers began to look like conservative
estimates following Thursday and Friday screenings.
At that rate, the long-awaited space epic is poised
to out-earn Universal's dino reboot, "Jurassic World," which
broke the record for the biggest domestic opening by selling $208.8 million in
tickets last June.
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