[tps_footer]Hollywood movie ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has gained major collections over the weekend already shattering previous records. The film that released on December 18, 2015 has already grossed more than $500 million and is steady heading towards the $1 billion mark. This was expected to happen as the film is creating the kind of buzz that we rarely get to see. People from decades of generation gathered to watch the most awaited Hollywood movie of 2015 and as a result of which ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ collected $517 million (Rs. 34.30 billion) in its first weekend.
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And this is without the film releasing yet in major markets like China which is the second largest film market in the world. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is yet to release in India as well where performance cannot be determined due to competition from Bollywood releases ‘Dilwale’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. As the films have not released at these places yet the Star Wars film has been left behind at number two slot by a close margin with ‘Jurassic World’ ranking number one with a worldwide weekend collection of $525 million (Rs. 34.83 billion)
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According to trade analysts the film has the potential to become the highest grossing film of all time leaving Avatar behind. Well planned trailer releases, promotional events and publicity done right have all led to the ever rising anticipation for the movie. The advance sales of the tickets for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ had set an altogether different record for itself with fans crashing the website within few hours of operation. Even now in USA and Canada everyone seems to be heading to watch only ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ as the festive season nears.
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Well the force has totally awakened and only time will tell what new record ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ sets by the time its run ends at the box office in 2016.[/tps_footer]
