c comrades. record breaking numbers for star wars, the force awakens. the walt disney company estimates the movie brought in $238 million this weekend making it the biggest north american film debut ever and shattered the record of under 209 million set by injure rasic world. we take you back to justice with judge jeanine. she doesn t have the strength and stamina. she will come to iowa and see like four people around a plastic table. right? i don t know who they bring it with them. she leaves bye everybody, bye. you don t see her for five days. right? you never see her. she goes back home to sleep. she doesn t have the energy. she doesn t have the stamina.
box office galaxy. the force awakens knocking the former film jurassic world back to the number two spot. it s earned $238 million this opening weekend and that is the most ever. and also the first film to earn over a million in one day. and the deiinammic duo, and reviving their impressions of sarah palin and hillary clinton. oh, geez, looks like i went through time and space again. oh, sarah. what the heck, i landed in the bedroom of a lesbian couple. we re not lesbians, we re
end of the debate last night. thank you, good night and may the force be with you. yes, this weekend star wars release was so big it probably hurt viewership of that debate. we received new box office data from disney confirming that the movie is a record breaker. up until now the biggest opening weekend ever belonged to jurassic world, but star wars is going to blast past that, making $238 million this weekend. how did the franchise get to be so big? let s ask the chief film critic of the new york times, a.o. scott who s joining me here in new york. does that number surprise you? we thought it was going to be $220 million but it blasted past that. it doesn t surprise me. this is the movie that everyone has been waiting for. some of us maybe for 40 years. you said you grew up with star wars. you were 11 when the original
creating a colorful glow in the night sky. 8,000 lightsabers were distributed hoping to break a world record. the much anticipated blockbuster broke records this weekend. the new movie brought in $238 million at u.s. and canadian theaters so far. we know that s just the tip of the iceberg. what s amazing, i drove here this morning and there are people lining up on sunday morning at 8:00 in the morning outside movie theaters. were they in costume like chewbacca and stuff? a few costumes. it was cold out. it s really cold. unbelievable on a sunday morning. if you re a big fan, you won t miss that. will you go see it? probably not. i will shame knew seeing it at some point. it s a cultural phenomenon. start working on it. many have tried. cultural desert over here. that s it for this sunday. we have great video to leave you with.
now to today s number ones and the dominance of the ultimate number one star wars. the force awakens delivering on its box office promise in record-breaking fashion. they say it s drawing even better than expected. check out the latest numbers which are still changing. for the weekend, it s earned between $238 million and $244 million in north america alone. another record, friday s opening haul of more than $120 million. would you please tell her that you re not really santa claus, that there actually is no such person. well, i m sorry to disagree but not only is there such a person but here i am to prove it. the miracle on 34th street comes in third of the 25 best christmas movies ever made. it follows a christmas story at