Disney Downplays Huge Expectations for ‘Star Wars’

Hollywood Reporter: Many box-office pundits expect J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to snatch the biggest domestic opening in history, besting the $208.8 million earned by “Jurassic World” in June. For Disney, that’s a dangerous assumption, since films opening prior to Christmas have never sported huge launches. “There are a number of things that put this film in uncharted territory.”