Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com)

New submitter henrydan798 writes to note that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set a new record for ticket sales, becoming the fastest movie ever to earn a billion dollars at the till. As the L.A. Times reports, The latest installment in the "Star Wars" franchise grossed an estimated $153.5 million in the U.S. and Canada in its second weekend, beating the lower end of analyst expectations of $140 million. This drives the J.J. Abrams-directed picture to a to-date domestic gross of $544.5 million. "The Force Awakens," which cost an estimated $200 million to produce, debuted last weekend to record domestic ticket sales of $248 million. It also grossed $281 million overseas for a global total of $529 million, topping the previous worldwide debut benchmark set in June by "Jurassic World" ($525 million). This week, with an international estimated gross of $546 million to date, the film became the fastest to surpass $1 billion globally. Were any of those dollars yours? If so, do you think they were well spent?

Comments

Re:Not a movie

[umafuckit]

It was always like this. I remember being deluged Star Wars toys in the 80s too. Nothing has changed. The original movies also weren't much good. I liked them as a kid and watched them when the came on at Christmas but now I find them utterly unwatchable. This isn't the case for everything I watched as a kid. e.g. Back To The Future is still fun.

Re:only for the nostalgia

[jader3rd]

It didn't so well work on the level of being original or even fully making sense within its own universe.

Isn't funny how the Force Awakens is able to make us think of the good points of the prequels.