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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Tops $100 Million in Presales!

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Tops $100 Million in Presales!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to have a massive opening weekend that will possibly break the record for biggest opening ever and the presale numbers are alluding to the feat.

The movie has now crossed $100 million in advance ticket sales, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No film has ever come close to this number!

$50-60 million of that total is for the opening weekend while the rest is for the days to come afterward. Christmas Day is said to be a big seller.

All theaters playing Star Wars over opening weekend are required to play the movie for four to five weeks.

In other news about the franchise, Facebook has revealed that in the 30 days leading up to the opening week, over 53 million people had 126 million interactions with Star Wars content on the social media site. In fact, 52% of the people talking about the movie are women, though men are more engaged in the conversation.

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