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Video. Star Wars breaks box office receipts in first weekend

Updated: 21/12/2015 - 15:22 GMT+1

The Force well-and-truly awakened box office tills at the weekend, as the latest Star Wars movie rang up record-breaking receipts. Figures for the

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