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!
Not exact matches
The move follows the extraordinary success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was the first Star Wars movie to premiere outside the traditional summer blockbuster window and smashed numerous
records, including biggest
domestic and global
debuts of all time as well as the biggest
domestic second and third weekends, en route to becoming the highest grossing
domestic release of all time with over $ 861.3 million and the third biggest global release ever with $ 1,886.7 billion.
Fox's «Deadpool» holds the Presidents» Day weekend
record with a $ 152.2 million
domestic debut two years ago (not adjusting for inflation).
Although Deadpool 2 ($ 125 million
domestic) was able to inch ahead of Stephen King's IT ($ 123.4 million
domestic) and score the second - largest
domestic opening of all time for an R - rated film, it still came up short compared to the original Deadpool's
record - setting $ 132.4 million
domestic debut, which got executives all over Hollywood buzzing about the possibilities for R - rated superheroes back in the spring of 2016.
For readers who can't get their hands on Big Little Lies, you can recommend the
debut domestic thriller, Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little, (Penguin;
Recorded Books).