By the end of November, it had broken all known records for advance ticket sales in the US, generating more than $50m (£33m) a month prior to its release. The film, which opens on 17 December, sold a record 200,000-plus tickets in the UK within 24 hours of going on sale in October.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is not even in cinemas yet, but it is already smashing records. Tencent recently bought the exclusive rights to Star Wars in China
