Come Sunday the new Star Wars movie is expected to have taken in an estimated AED 790 million in the U.S and Canada. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was partly shot in the Abu Dhabi desert, had its Middle Eastern debut in the UAE’s capital on Wednesday. The seventh installment in the multi-billion dirham movie franchise was released across UAE cinemas on Thursday. Film critics have raved about the film directed by J.J Abrams.

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