Force Awakens sets Christmas record with $49 Million
Santa Claus had nothing on BB-8.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as is quickly becoming its norm, rewrote another record. This time it was the highest Christmas Day tally as it soared to a most impressive $49 million.
The previous record was held by Sherlock Holmes with $24.6 million set in 2009.
Domestically, Force Awakens has already reached $440 million. That total, with Saturday and Sunday to go, puts Awakens as the 11th highest grossing movie ever with only $9 million separating it from No. 9 on the The Dark Knight Rises at $448 million.
Who the hell goes to the cinema on christmas day???
It’s strangely becoming a bigger event day.
Unlike Thanksgiving where the focus is more on the evening, Christmas seems to be done for some folks after the morning.?
It makes sense. For the last 20 years, i have worked all day christmas day and through the night till boxing day, so i have never seen it as a day to go to the cinema, lol.