“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has sent a box office record with an estimated $57 million from Thursday night shows.
The
Walt Disney Co.’s estimate on Friday easily surpassed the previous
Thursday night record of $43.5 million by 2011’s “Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”
The movie’s
international rollout, which began Wednesday, has brought in a total of
$72.7 million. That includes the biggest single day ever in the United
Kingdom, where it made an estimated $14.4 million.
The
early figures suggest “The Force Awakens” is on course to exceed the
record domestic opening of “Jurassic World,” which debuted with $208.8
million.
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