to barely decrease, thus the production side. global demand, growth is slowing in europe and china and elsewhere. the resulting oil crash has sent a shiver through the economies of oil producers like russia and canada and others. it has slammed energy stocks, but drivers rejoice. drivers saved an average of $540 this year because of those low gas prices. that's about $10 every time a customer filled up. and consumers are spending that money, about 80% of their gas savings going directly into the economy. jake. >> christine romans, thank you so much. the pop culture lead now. they were lining up from here to the degaba system. "star wars" breaking all kinds of box office records and making mickey mouse look like a genius with his $4 billion purchase of the franchise from george lucas. "star wars" the force awakens already raked in an estimated $238 million at u.s. theaters, the biggest opening weekend in history. cnn senior media correspondent