Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the fastest film ever to reach more than $1 million in ticket sales at IMAX, Darling Habour, Sydney.
In the four weeks since release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has sold more than 54,000 tickets at the cinema and sold-out 54 screenings.
In the lead up to the film’s release, advance ticket sales were strong with more than $520,000 sold, the highest amount ever in ticket pre-sales on a film at IMAX Darling Harbour.
During the first week of release, demand for the film was so strong that IMAX Darling Harbour ran screenings for 27 hours non-stop.
IMAX cinema, Darling Harbour, Sydney.
This achieved not only the highest grossing opening day, but also the highest grossing opening week ever at the cinema, eclipsing the previous results for the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012.
The cinema holds Australia’s only 2D 1570 IMAX film print (1 of 20 in the world) of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Director J.J. Abrams used IMAX cameras to shoot selected scenes, which expand to fill the full height of the IMAX screen.