On Screen: #StarWars The Force Awakens Breaks Box Office Records

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On December 18, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released and prior to its released had pre-sold over $50 Million in pre-sale tickets.  Now that the film has hit the big screen they continue to break records.

On opening weekend Star Wars opened with $247.97 million taking over the #1 opening movie box office record. The Force Awakens also holds the #1 spot for the following:

Worldwide Openings 1
Opening Day Gross 1
Single Day Gross 1
Single Day Friday Gross 1
Single Day Monday Gross 1
Single Day Sunday Gross 1
Non-Holiday Monday Gross 1
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) – All Time 1
Theater Averages – Wide Opening Weekends 1
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 1
Fastest to $100 million 1
Fastest to $150 million 1
Fastest to $200 million 1
Fastest to $250 million 1
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted 1
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted 1
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted 1
Opening Weekends Adjusted – December 1
Opening Weekends Adjusted 1
Opening Weekends Adjusted – Holiday 1
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted 1

As of December 21, 2015 The Force Awakens has grossed $288,076,417 in domestic sales and $322,700,000 in foreign sales.

Here are the international totals to date:

United Kingdom $59.4M
Germany $31.4M
France $26.9M
Australia $22.4M
Japan $15.9M
Russia $13.3M
Mexico $12.7M
Italy $10.4M
Spain $10.3M
Brazil $9.6M
Korea $8.7M
Sweden $7.4M
Other $94.4M
Total $322.7M

Star wars has only been out for six days and has yet to be released in China, which will be released on January 9, 2016.

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