‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Breaks ‘Harry Potter’ Box Office Record
Dec 19, 2015
Films, News
Thursday marked the much-awaited release of the seventh episode in the Star Wars saga, and fans managed to break records held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada totalled $57 million, grossing higher than Potter’s $43.5 million in July 2011.
Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) also appears in the film as General Hux.
The opening weekend – according to LA times – is predicted to gross between $180 million to $220 million in the United States, which could mean it breaks the $209 million record held by Jurassic World (June 2015).