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Star Wars film breaks opening night box office record
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The new Star Wars film has set a new opening night box office record in America and Canada.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens made £38m on Thursday night.
It beats the previous record held by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011.
Experts say the space story could become the biggest selling movie of all time.
The film also set a new opening day box office record in the UK and Ireland as well.
The £9.64m made, beat the previous best of £9.48m set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
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Midnight screenings on Thursday made £2.4m in ticket sales.
In the UK, some chains have increased their prices for the film.
For example Odeon, has put up tickets by £2.
Two million tickets were booked in advance for The Force Awakens setting a new record for advanced ticket bookings in the UK and Ireland.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens returns to "a galaxy far, far away" 30 years after the action in the Return of the Jedi from 1983.