‘Star Wars’ Smashes Christmas Day Record; ‘Daddy’s Home,’ ‘Joy’ Looking Joyful

25 December 2015 7:30 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Christmas Day is heralding yet another record for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Disney’s space saga is smashing the Christmas record with estimates of at least $40 million at 4,134 U.S. theaters on Friday. That will easily exceed the earlier record of $24.6 million from “Sherlock Holmes,” which opened on Dec. 25, 2009.

“The Force Awakens” is expected to take in as much as $145 million this weekend, which will push its U.S. total past $500 million. The space saga racked up $391.1 million in its first week — obliterating the record of $296.2 million set in June by the first week of “Jurassic World.”

Paramount’s Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg comedy “Daddy’s Home” looked likely to lead the rest of the pack at U.S. multiplexes with as much as $30 million. It  took in a solid $1.2 million in preview screenings on Christmas Eve at 1,920 locations and is on pace to pull in at least »

- Dave McNary

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