Taking in $129 million from box offices abroad, Star Wars: The Force Awakens this weekend closed in on breaking worldwide records set by Jurassic World, reports The Wrap.
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The latest installment of the space epic, directed by J.J. Abrams, began rolling out in theaters abroad on Wednesday.
The film hauled in a record $120 million in its first day in the U.S., so its worldwide total is roughly $250 million.
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Social media was abuzz with talk about the series, which began with the release of Star Wars in 1977.
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Lynette Holloway is a contributing editor at The Root. The New York-based writer is a former New York Times reporter and associate editor at Ebony magazine.
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