Next weekend,Avengers: Age of Ultronkicks off the summer movie season, with many fans and box office prognosticators wondering if the sequel can surpassMarvel’s The Avengersopening weekend record of $207.4 million. While we’ll have to wait another week to see if that happens or not, even ifAvengers: Age of Ultrondoes break the opening weekend record, it may not have it for very long. Especially if what analysts are predicting aboutStar Wars: The Force Awakensis true.
The Hollywood Reporterreveals that insiders are predictingStar Wars: The Force Awakenswill not only break the opening weekend domestic record, but the all-time global mark as well. The highly-anticipated sequel is expected to take in more than $540 million worldwide, which would easily eclipse the previous record of $483.2 million set by 2011’sHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.
The second trailer, which was unveiled atStar Warslast week, garnered a vastly higher digital response than trailers forFurious 7, which became the fastest movie to break $1 billion, doing so in just 19 days, andFifty Shades of Grey. Based on this data, Amobee Brand Intelligence is predicting thatStar Wars: The Force Awakenswill earn between $533.2 million to $539.5 million globally over its first three days in release. The movie doesn’t open for eight more months, but the buzz swirling around this project will only get bigger in the months to follow.
Star Wars: The Force Awakensis expected to receive the widest release in box office history, opening in more than 4,500 theaters, surpassingThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s theater count of 4,468. What’s more,Star Wars: The Force Awakenswon’t have too much competition at the box office.SistersstarringAmy PoehlerandTina Feyis the only other movie to open in wide release against the newStar Warsadventure. Do you thinkStar Wars: The Force Awakenswill break $540 million worldwide in its first three days in release? Could it go even higher than that? Let us know what you think below.
