In less than 12 hours, AMC managed to sell out more than 1,000 shows across the country. Abrams directed sequel has set a single-day davcnaced ticket sales record, beating the previous record holder by 10 times the amount of ticket sales. The film has already pummeled IMAX records set by The Dark Knight Rises, Marvel's The Avengers and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, all of whom had $1+ million pre-sales. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to open on approximately 390 IMAX theaters in the U.S. And the pre-sales have already broken every IMAX record.

Deadline reports that even with two more months to go before the film is In theaters, it has already acquired a domestic gross of $6.5 million.

The enthusiasm for this year's most anticipated movie is out of this world and we expect it to continue all the way to its debut on December 18.'Įven before the third and final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer launched to a billion screaming fans, several sites experienced crashing and outages. 'Movie theaters are continually adding new show times on Fandango to meet the phenomenal demand.

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