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Thursday preshows for Jurassic World brought in a mere $18.5 million from 3,229 theaters, which resulted in an $81.9 million opening day. For Force Awakens this seems like a possibility with Thursday preshows counting for Friday's number. So how big will Friday be? For starters, no film has ever made $100 million in a single day. Fan fervor over Star Wars is no less than the excitement for that final Harry Potter film. Midnight showings accounted for nearly 48% of Deathly Hallows 2's record opening day of $91 million and with theaters already selling out Thursday screenings of Force Awakens, it stands to reason that record will fall.
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The Force Awakens, however, will begin screening at 7 PM on Thursday in a large fraction of its 4,134 opening weekend theaters. As noted above, when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 broke the record with $43.5 million from 3,800 theaters at midnight screenings, they were just that, midnight screenings. Many of these records come into consideration when predicting the film's opening weekend, beginning with the Thursday preshow number, a number that has changed meaning over the last several years. * Midnight only ** Holiday is defined as the first Friday in November through New Year's week or weekend. Fastest to $100 Million: 2 Days (Jurassic World).Biggest Weekend Overall (Top 12 Gross): $266 million (June 12-14, 2015).#1 Movie Weekend Market Share: 84.5% of Top 12 (Avengers: Age of Ultron).Top Holiday Opening Weekend**: $158 million ( The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.Top Opening Weekend for PG-13 Rated Film: $208.8 million ( Jurassic World.Highest Per Theater Average (Wide Opening): $48,855 / 4,274 theaters ( Jurassic World.Global Opening Weekend: $524.9 million (Jurassic World).International Opening Weekend: $316.1 million (Jurassic World).Domestic Opening Weekend: $208.8 million (Jurassic World).December Opening Weekend: $84.62 million (The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey).December Single Day: $37.13 million ( The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey.Largest Sunday: $57.2 million (Jurassic World).Largest Saturday: $69.6 million (Jurassic World).
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Largest Friday, Opening Day, Single Day: $91 million (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2).Largest Thursday Preshow: $43.5 million ( Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.You'll need more than two hands to count the number of records Force Awakens is looking to break as the domestic opening weekend record of $208.8 million, set earlier this year by Jurassic World, is only one of them. Records such as these offer a glimpse at what's to come, as we put under the microscope an unprecedented release that's nearly impossible to predict. Online ticketing service, which experienced technical difficulties as soon as advanced tickets went on sale, is reporting record ticket sales, with Force Awakens breaking Fandango's record for the most tickets sold for any film during its entire theatrical run. It has also broken advanced ticket sales with $100+ million (approximately $55 million of that attributed to the film's opening weekend), besting the $25 million set by previous record holder The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. Disney originally estimated it would open in 3,900 theaters, that total has since jumped to 4,134, a record number of theaters for a December opening. The Force Awakens was already breaking records before a single frame was exhibited. The Force Awakens aims to best both those records and then some. release and the world market overall, things have even changed since 2009, the last time Christmas Day fell on a Friday and a film called Avatar began its journey to becoming the highest grossing domestic and worldwide release of all time.
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Force Awakens arrives in 32 more international markets today, including Germany, UK, Russia, Australia, Korea, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico with Japan and Spain opening day-and-date with the U.S. The film landed on Wednesday in 12 international markets, generating $14.1 million including $5.2 million in France, $2 million in Italy and another $1.7 million in Sweden. Star Wars changed movies forever when the saga began back in 1977 and this newest installment enters a marketplace where the industry itself has changed, several times over, in the 38 years since we all began to feel the Force. Audiences across the globe now have a chance to experience the first Star Wars film in over ten years and anticipation couldn't be higher. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally arrived.