Star Wars: The Force Awakens Breaks Records!
The Force is ridiculously strong with this one… and we’re not surprised! Star Wars: The Force Awakens set a new all-time domestic debut record this weekend with an estimated $248 million—and with a five-day international debut of $281 million, the film has taken in a whopping $529 million globally!
Among the records shattered by Episode VII are: The biggest opening weekend of all time in the United Kingdom (four-day weekend) Australia, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Poland (three-day weekend), Denmark (five-day weekend), Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Serbia, and New Zealand; the biggest IMAX global debut; the biggest December debut; the biggest Thursday night preview gross; the biggest Friday gross; and the fastest film to $100 million and $200 million!
But it’s not just a success financially; the film has garnered an amazing 95 percent Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Talk about an “awakening”… have you felt it yet?
Save the Date!
Be sure to mark these upcoming Disney events on your calendar:
| D23 and Walt Disney Archives January 29 D23 Behind-the-Scenes Experience: Walt Disney’s Office Suite April 20 D23 Member Night at Newsies—On Tour in Portland, Oregon June 8 D23 Member Night at Newsies—On Tour in Salt Lake City, Utah Studios January 29 The Finest Hours opens in theaters. March 4 Zootopia opens in theaters. April 15 The Jungle Book opens in theaters. May 6 Captain America: Civil War opens in theaters. May 27 Alice Through the Looking Glass opens in theaters. |
Parks January 16 Club Villain at Disney’s Hollywood Studios March 2—May 30, 2016 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Television December 25 32nd Annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade airs at 10 a.m. ET on ABC January 15 The Lion Guard series premieres on Disney Channel at 9:30 a.m. ET/PT January 19 Marvel’s Agent Carter returns to ABC at 9 p.m. ET |
New Poster For 2016’s The Jungle Book
Chances are you saw the very cool trailer for 2016’s The Jungle Book before launching into the Star Wars galaxy at a cineplex near you this past weekend. Now take a gander at the film’s brand-new “living” poster! Directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories, and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, The Jungle Book is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he’s no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba)—who bears the scars of Man—promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he’s ever known, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, guided by panther-turned-mentor Bagheera (voice of Ben Kingsley) and free-spirited bear Baloo (voice of Bill Murray). Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures that don’t exactly have his best interests at heart—including hypnotizing python Kaa (voice of Scarlett Johansson) and smooth-talking King Louie (voice of Christopher Walken). Look for The Jungle Book to swing into theatres on April 15, 2016!
The Force Awakens for Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition
On the same day as its film counterpart’s big debut, Disney Interactive and Lucasfilm launched their huge Star Wars: The Force Awakens Play Set, the third Star Wars Play Set for Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition—which gives fans the opportunity to play with Finn, Rey, Kylo Ren, and Poe Dameron in the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga!
In addition to the characters native to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Play Set, players will be able to unlock and use all Star Wars characters from Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic and Star Wars: Rise Against The Empire, as well as from Star Wars Rebels’ universe.
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re gonna spend some of our Christmas vacation looking for scrap metal with Rey on Jakku… Happy Holidays!
