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Disney purchased the rights, but J.J. Abrams was given wide berth. The film is slated to break $1B opening weekend alone. The fan fare and online support during production of the film was the likes of which has never been seen. Many of the theaters in major cities are showing the film 96+ continuous hours Thursday night (17th) through Monday (21st) and most of them are sold out already. IMAX opening weekend across Houston sold out in 48 hours. Others, including the "Movie Taverns" are selling a Star Wars day package, where you can see all 7 movies back-to-back-to-back with the 7th movie starting around 11PM Thursday. A few don't get it for sure, but a completely new set of film records will be forged before the end of the year on this one.
"You underestimate the power of the dark side" - Vader
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