Christmas Day is heralding yet another record for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
Disney’s space saga is smashing the Christmas record with estimates of at least $40 million at 4,134 U.S. theaters on Friday. That will easily exceed the earlier record of $24.6 million from “Sherlock Holmes,” which opened on Dec. 25, 2009.
“The Force Awakens” is expected to take in as much as $145 million this weekend, which will push its U.S. total past $500 million. The space saga racked up $391.1 million in its first week — obliterating the record of $296.2 million set in June by the first week of “Jurassic World.”
Paramount’s Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg comedy “Daddy’s Home” looked likely to lead the rest of the pack at U.S. multiplexes with as much as $30 million. It took in a solid $1.2 million in preview screenings on Christmas Eve at 1,920 locations and is on pace to pull in at least...
Disney’s space saga is smashing the Christmas record with estimates of at least $40 million at 4,134 U.S. theaters on Friday. That will easily exceed the earlier record of $24.6 million from “Sherlock Holmes,” which opened on Dec. 25, 2009.
“The Force Awakens” is expected to take in as much as $145 million this weekend, which will push its U.S. total past $500 million. The space saga racked up $391.1 million in its first week — obliterating the record of $296.2 million set in June by the first week of “Jurassic World.”
Paramount’s Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg comedy “Daddy’s Home” looked likely to lead the rest of the pack at U.S. multiplexes with as much as $30 million. It took in a solid $1.2 million in preview screenings on Christmas Eve at 1,920 locations and is on pace to pull in at least...
- 12/26/2015
- by Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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