By the time you read this, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, will have taken more than $2 billion (Dh7.35bn) at the international box office. That makes it the third-highest-earning film of all time and among the top 15 on the adjusted-for-inflation earnings list, where Gone With the Wind still reigns supreme. Only two other movies have crossed the $2bn threshold: 2009's Avatar and 1997's Titanic.
Since its December 14 premiere in Los Angeles, The Force Awakens has been selling tickets faster than the Millennium Falcon can make the Kessel Run. While $6 million of those sales have been in the UAE, where it was partly filmed, it's interesting to note that it is now only screening at cinemas in Yas Mall and Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi, plus a couple of venues in Dubai. A global digital release is expected in April.
The Force is still very strong, but audiences do move on quickly, anxiously awaiting the next big screen blockbuster.
