STAR WARS VII Earns Another $27 Million in Christmas Sales

STAR WARS has been breaking records ever since its release, just over a week ago, and they're not slowing down.

The highly-anticipated sequel, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, had another $27 million in ticket sales on Thursday, bringing the film's domestic total to $391 million. As of Christmas Eve, which usually does not yield especially high movie theatre revenue, the film is ranked No. 3 in the US for 2015 ticket sales.

"Our sole focus has been creating a film that delivers that one-of-a-kind Star Wars experience, and director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, and the Lucasfilm team have outdone themselves," said Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. "To all of the fans around the world who not only came out in Force to make this such an exciting and astronomical debut but who treated this film as their own and helped preserve the experience for their fellow fans by not spoiling it - thank you, we do."

En route to this galactic launch, the film has smashed several all-time domestic box office records, including:

· Biggest Thursday preview gross with $57M.

· Biggest Friday and biggest single-day gross with $120.5M.

· First film ever to post a single day over $100M.

· Fastest film to $100M and $200M.

· Biggest December debut (nearly 3 times previous record of $84.6M).

· Biggest IMAX Thursday night preview ($5.7M), single-day ($14M, Friday), and weekend ($30.1M).

· Highest theater average for a wide release ($57,568).

Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted day-and-date internationally in nearly every market (except Greece and India, which open Dec. 24, and China, which opens Jan. 9) and set records in many. Highlights:

· Biggest opening weekend of all time in UK (4-day), Australia, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Poland (3-day), Denmark (5-day), Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Serbia, New Zealand. Second biggest opening weekend in France, Belgium, Israel, Chile.

· Biggest IMAX global debut of $48M.

The Force is strong with critics and audiences, whose enthusiastic reactions have powered a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and an excellent A CinemaScore, with an A+ among women and younger audiences, for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Source: EW

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