Star Wars: The Force Awakens Smashes Records

There can be little doubt that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been a huge success for Disney and the movie has broken lots of records and brought in more than its $200 million budget in its first weekend.   And the movie will continue to make more money during the holiday season and it will launch in China in January (which is why it didn’t beat the record made by Jurrasic World earlier this year).

Men made up the bulk of ticket buyers, comprising 58% of the opening weekend audience. Adults represented 71% of the crowd with families accounting for 20% of consumers. The film, with its inter-galactic battles and space-hopping adventures, played particularly well in premium formats — 3D showings accounted for 47% of tickets sales, Imax made up 12% and premium large formats were responsible for 7%.

Here is a look at some of the records:

-Biggest domestic debut with $238 million
(Previous record: “Jurassic World” with $208.8 million)

-Second-biggest global debut with $517 million (Star Wars hasn’t yet launched in China) (Record holder: “Jurassic World” with $524.9 million)

-Biggest Thursday preview gross with $57 million
(Previous record holder: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” with $43.5 million)

-First film to post single-day gross over $100 million

-Fastest film to $100 million and $200 million
(Previous record holder: “Jurassic World” on both counts)

-Biggest December debut
(Previous record: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” with $84.6 million)

-Highest per-theater average for a wide release with $57,568
(Previous record: “Jurassic World” with $48,855)

-Biggest opening weekend of all time in U.K., Russia, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Serbia and New Zealand

-Biggest Imax debut with $48 million

-Most pre-sales with over $100 million
(Previous record: “The Dark Knight Rises” with $25 million)

-Best Friday gross with $120.5 million
(Previous record: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” with $91.1 million)

-Third best Saturday gross with $68.7 million
(Record holders: “Jurassic World” with $69.6 and “Marvel’s The Avengers” with $69.5 million)

-Best opening for a “Star Wars” film
(Previous record: “Revenge of the Sith” with $108.4 million)

Source – Variety