Has finally been released after months of anticipation. And you can say the movie has the force on its side. At least at the box office. The movie has already broken a few alltime records in its opening weekend. Reporter pamela brown has more. Star wars awakens to the Biggest Box Office opening in history the newest installment bringing in an estimated 238 Million Dollars this weekend in the us and canada alone, the scifi franchise continues its legacy of being an opening weweend hit the first Star Wars Film also had the highest weekend debut back in 1977. The force awakens flew past Current Record holder jurassic world. Natsot movie but its no surprise fans were anticipating the movie well before its arrival. Standing in line for hours even days for tickets moss butted sots i started on dec 5th 3 days now and i got here at 5am this morning one couple even marked it as their own special day natsot wedding i now pronounce you husband and wife may your love last longer than a starlax dig
Outfit for an ugly christmas sweater party. So, he, too, will be back. While these shoppers will battle crowds at the mall this weekend, hundreds of other iowans like Morgan Wright morgan im about to travel to ecuador to go see my husband. Kim are heading out of town for the holidays. Des moines airport Officials Say this is a busy travel weekend, but lines shouldnt be too long. Still, they recommend arriving an hour and a half ahead of your flight. Thats no problem for morgan, whos been waiting 10 months to see her husband. Morgan we havent seen each other for a while, and were just so excited to be reunited. Kim good news, if you have havent finished your holiday shopping. Experts say most stores slash prices as it gets closer to christmas. Kurtis, nice weather for shoppers this weekend, too. Kurtis pretty nice, a little chilly out there really getting up early tomorrow to get a head start, temperatures will be 17 in ottumwa, a bit of a wind chill tomorrow. The wind will select pick
The wind chill at 9 00 a. M. , 15 degrees, air temperature 20. A mostly sunny day, 3 00 temperature 39. Ryan thank you, frank. If youre among the 90 of people with Holiday Shopping left to do, youll be battling big crowds at the stores today. Experts tell us today is the biggest shopping day of the year. Shoppers we talked to say they havent even started buying gifts. But, there are some perks to procrastinating. Jordan Creek Town Center officials tell kcci stores often slash prices as it gets closer to christmas. Traffic is going to be busy no matter where you go, so be patient with each other, be patient with the retailers because theyre busy. Theyre just trying to keep up as well and be positive and joyful this holiday season. Ryan despite Online Shopping increasing in popularity, jordan creek Officials Say its stores year compared to last. A Big Development friday in the Brandon Ellingson case. The Missouri State trooper who arrested the clive man is now facing and voluntary mansla
Tonight were getting a look at the man accused of shooting a metro police officer. This is 38 yearold teag fox, who was on the run for about five hours yesterday before Police Arrested him. Besides a few traffic related cases. The air force veteran doesnt have a criminal history in las vegas. Fox5s miguel martinezvalle is live where the shooting happened with new information about the foxs arrest. Metro tells us the Gunfire Exchange that ended with one officer in the hospital and fox on the run happened here, at this complex on south las vegas boulevard. And while the shooting led to the area around the incident being shut down. Fox was finally located and 5 miles away leaving a gated community in southern highlands. Police are still investigating the motive fox originally agreed to speak with us about the shooting, but later declined until his lawyer was present. Live from las vegas boulevard miguel martinezvalle, fox5 news, local las vegas. Metro still isnt releasing the injured offi
Temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. However, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. We a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. While we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. The chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. Saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. I expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. Some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. Most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by l