The Force Awakens Box Office Numbers
"The most joyous day of my life." "Wonderful." "Star Wars is back."
After a torturous year of anticipation and conjecture, we're prepared to wager that if you're on this website, you're acutely aware of and relieved that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was finally released. And how did the world respond? In the line above, we've added a few quotes for you.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a huge hit, blowing the doors off the 4,134 theatres it was shown in throughout the world and smashing all prior opening weekend ticket sales records. After all Sunday ticket sales were totaled, Star Wars' global box office receipts came to $528,000,000.00, making it the second movie in history to surpass half a billion dollars in its first weekend of release.
The Force Awakens box office results are astounding and record-breaking, but they are also expected and serve as more evidence of the franchise's success.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Box Office Record Sales
- The total number of theatres that screened Star Wars: The Force Awakenings was 4,134.
- The total amount of tickets sold for Star Wars during its first weekend was $528 million.
- $525 million is the previous record for opening weekend ticket sales set by "Jurassic World."
- In 2012, Disney spent $4 billion to acquire Lucasfilm, the production firm behind the franchise.
- The first day of Star Wars box office sales in the United States on Friday, December 18th, brought in $120 million, which was $30 million more than the previous opening-day ticket sales record (also held by Jurassic World).
