Star Wars breaks box office records

The seventh episode of "Star Wars" earned, according to preliminary estimates, about 55 million dollars at night shows, which started in the United States on the night of December 18. In this way, he broke the record for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part of 2, which in 2011 for the same time collected 43,5 million dollars, reports Variety.

Based on this data, experts predict a space epic and a record of the first rolling weekend: the film is expected to bring more 200 million dollars to the creators over the weekend. He can overtake on this indicator the fantastic tape “Jurassic World” with the 208,4 box office of a million dollars.

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was shown in four thousand movie theaters in the United States. Hall owners increase the number of sessions to meet demand.

The seventh episode of "Star Wars" opened a new sequel trilogy. The next film will be released in 2017, the third in 2019. In addition, based on the film universe, Lucasfilm studio will create a trilogy-spin-off, one of the tapes will be devoted to the youth of Han Solo. The eighth episode has not yet received the title. Director appointed by Ryan Johnson ("Loop of time", "Breaking Bad"). It is assumed that the project will return the main actors in the seventh film - John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

"Star Wars" - a fantastic film epic, created by director George Lucas. It consists of the original trilogy (1977-1983) and the prequel trilogy (1999-2005).

Forum previously wrote that in Los Angeles cinemas banned come to the "Star Wars" in masks.

The reason for the prohibitions is the strengthening of security measures for viewers and cinema employees. Earlier, several resonant incidents of violence occurred at film premieres.

The founder of the social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg showed photo of his newborn daughter Max in a suit based on Star Wars.