'Star Wars' sets N. America record for opening weekend
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" set a record for the highest-grossing opening weekend at the box office in the United States and Canada with $238 million in sales, ticket sales monitor Rentrak said Sunday.
The figure shatters the previous record, which was set by "Jurassic World" earlier this year when it premiered to $208.8 million. Globally, the latest "Star Wars" space epic raked in $517 million, falling in second behind the "Jurassic" saga, which earned $524.9 million worldwide in its first weekend.