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Star Wars: The Force Awakens passes Jurassic World to become the third biggest movie of all-time

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Following the news that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the first film in history to pass $800 million domestically, it can now lay claim to being the third biggest film of all-time. With its weekend takings of $41.6 million domestically, Star Wars: The Force Awakens also brought its worldwide total to $921 million – […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the first film to cross $800 million in North America

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J.J. Abrams’s sci-fi epic in a galaxy far, far away continues to smash records as Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the first film in history to cross $800 million domestically. The film ended the weekend at the top of the US box office for the fourth week in a row, battling stiff competition from […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens home entertainment release will include deleted scenes, but no extended cut

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If you were hoping for the possibility of an extended director’s cut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then I’m afraid J.J. Abrams has some bad news for you. “There will be deleted scenes, but not an extended version,” Abrams told Entertainment Weekly. “I don’t know what the longest cut was. Probably, if it were with […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens overtakes Skyfall to become the UK’s biggest movie of all time

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has overtaken Skyfall to become the UK’s highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the 23rd Bond movie’s £103.2 million haul in just 20 days, compared to the 66 days it took Skyfall to reach that amount. The new record coincides with today’s announcement that BAFTA has nominated The Force Awakens […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens tops Avatar as the biggest movie of all-time in North America

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It faces an uphill climb if it wants to become the biggest movie ever released, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens can take solace in the fact it is now the biggest movie to be released in North America. The previous record, held by James Cameron’s Avatar, was $760 million which has now been topped […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details, Episode VIII to start shooting and more

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It’s the post Life Day edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got some harsh words from George Lucas about the new Star Wars overlords, details for The Force Awakens Blu-Ray release, information on Episode VIII and more… Happy 2016! Kicking things off the first The Week in Star Wars of 2016 with The […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now Disney’s biggest ever UK and US release

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to rack up the box office records, with the film now officially The Walt Disney Company’s biggest ever release in the U.K. and North America. In the U.S., the film has passed $600 million in record time, while it in the UK is has become the fastest to £80 million, […]

The Force Awakens is now the highest-grossing Star Wars movie

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Having surpassed the $1 billion mark in record time yesterday, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now ticked off another milestone, with the seventh instalment becoming the highest-grossing entry in the Star Wars saga. The Force Awakens has now pulled in $1.09 billion and counting, overtaking the $1.027 billion of Star Wars: Episode I – The […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest movie to reach $1 billion worldwide

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This won’t really come as a surprise given that it has been shattering box office records left, right and centre, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming the fastest movie in history to do so. This is the third time this year that the record has been […]