Star Wars: The Force Awakens Will Take Over IMAX For A Month

When you launch a brand-new Star Wars trilogy, you go big. Like, IMAX big.That’s why Star [...]

When you launch a brand-new Star Wars trilogy, you go big. Like, IMAX big.

That's why Star Wars: The Force Awakens will populate every single U.S. IMAX screening for four weeks straight. In a move that the Galactic Empire might applaud, The Force Awakens will overtake all IMAX screenings starting December 18, bumping out competitors like The Revenant and In the Heart of the Sea.

While blocking four weeks of scheduling for one film isn't a completely unprecedented move for IMAX, it is rare. The last and only time they attempted such a feat was for Peter Jackson's Hobbit films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Force Awakens will open 375 to 400 IMAX screens domestically, carrying the potential to crush the IMAX box office record that Jurassic World currently holds.

Will you see The Force Awakens in IMAX? Let us know in the comments!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in theaters and IMAX on December 18. And to see when subsequent Star Wars films hit theaters, head to ComicBook.com's franchise movie release schedule!

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