The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was viewed more than 112 million times online in 24 hours, according to a post from Lucasfilm on starwars.com. Combined with the 16 million viewers that tuned in to watch the trailer on Monday Night Football, that’s a total of 128 million views. (THR / Heat Vision)
Episode VII of the Star Wars series had set new presales records by Tuesday, bypassing The Hunger Games in first-day ticket sales, according to Fandango. The J.J. Abrams-directed picture obliterated the Games mark by more than eight times, and traffic on Fandango’s site surged to seven times above its peak level in less than 24 hours. (Variety)
Lucky to be Canadian: Netflix subscribers in the Great White North will be able to stream Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2016, the only territory where the company currently has secured streaming rights for the film. The reason Netflix will be able to offer the much-anticipated movie in Canada next year—and not in the U.S. or anywhere else—has to do with the timing of when Disney’s pay-TV distribution deals were up for grabs. In the U.S., premium cable channel Starz has an exclusive output deal with Disney that runs through the end of 2015; Netflix’s pact with the Mouse House commences with 2016 titles. With Star Wars: The Force Awakens slated for Dec. 18 theatrical debut, that means Starz will be the pay-TV home for the movie in the U.S. (Variety)