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this is my house. i have to defend it. that did not sound right. >> all right. i'm not sure if you could pick up the subtle difference there in that. we're joined now by a correspondent for "fan dango" and judy gold and, guys, i want your thoughts on so much to do with the box office. i'll start with you. disney's "encanto" led the box office available only in theaters not on streaming service. it has been two years into this pandemic. how is business in hollywood adapting? are the studios managing to convince audiences to get off their couches and return to theaters? if so how are they doing it? >> business is not just back but back in a big way.
don't give biden any victories because if he pulls off a bipartisan infrastructure bill, it will be a very big deal and i'll leave out the other word joe biden likes to use because this is a family program. >> norm, massive majority of republican voters in that poll want the bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> so, you know, i've been a skeptic in part because we've been through this faux fan dango over the affordable care act where republicans grassley and yenzy stretched it out with no intention of reaching a deal and we saw it on a tax package with biden in his second term with some of these same republicans. but i think this has been handled beautifully by the president and by chuck schumer and democrats. remember that republicans opposed in unison the american
blockbuster. as of wednesday more than $100 million in tickets have been sold ahead of friday's opening. fan dango says the force awakens accounts for 91% of all of its sales, shannon. do you have your ticket? >> that's -- you know, i don't. i'm not a "star wars" gal. don't hate me, everybody. may the force be with them. landon, thank you very much. sports now, legend calling it quits. abby walk back in her 184 goal, the most in international play for men or women, she walked off the pitch for the final time against china. in the game's 71st minute. the 35-year-old called it a career as china went on to win 1-0. wambach helped lead the u.s. to 2015 women's world cup title. she also owns two olympic gold medals and is a six-time u.s. female soccer athlete of the year. she'll be sorely missed. to the nba we go. golden state's clay thompson scored 27 of his 43 points in the third quarter. as golden state bounced back from their only season loss to defeat phoenix 128-103.
>> who are you? >> and the force is strong with the upcoming star wars sequel the first full length trailer released last night to awaiting fans during monday night football. the buzz causing the film to shatter ticket sales records. theater across the country already sold out. two popular ticketing websites, movie tickets.com and fan dango crashed because of web traffic. september 18th. and that's tonight's speed read. and khloe kardashian breaking her silence over her
tickets, that websites crashed. fannedango was one of the sites that got overrun by fans. eric davis joins me now. fan dango, nbc news, both owned by comcast. welcome in your "star wars" shirt. show that off for a second. >> rocking it out today. >> there we go. old school. the site crashed because so many people want to see this movie. do i need to -- how am i going to get tickets? >> you know what i think it was. there was an unprecedented demand for tickets. >> you didn't see this coming? >> to give you an example, "the hunger games," back in 2012, is the previous single day record holders for advance ticket sales. we sold eight times as many tickets for "star wars" "the force awakens." >> so home so far? >> eight times as many. so it's shattering records.
awakens" made its debut during halftime. >> the dark side. the jedi. they're real. >> the force, it's calling to you. just let it in. >> that looks too good. too good. now the force proved too strong for several online ticket sellers. demand for advanced tickets crashed fan dango and movietickets.com among others. one congressman is getting into the fun, trying to parlay his
>> who are you? >> and the force is strong with the upcoming star wars sequel the first full length trailer released last night to awaiting fans during monday night football. the buzz causing the film to shatter ticket sales records. theater across the country already sold out. two popular ticketing websites, movie tickets.com and fan dango crashed because of web traffic. september 18th. and that's tonight's speed read. and khloe kardashian breaking her silence over her husband lamar owe odom. b what chloe is saying tonight. next. (patrick 2) that's the kind of control i like... ...and that's what they give me at national car rental. i can choose any car in the aisle i want-
actions, which have kind of been the hallmark of the end of 2014 and now moving forward, these are the sorts of things he wants to focus on and ending the war in afghanistan, that just happened officially within the past week or so. so that was a big milestone there. and so these are the sorts of things the president is going to want to focus on as well as kind of the other issues that have been on the back burner for a while, perhaps some of the thing he wants to do with nuclear weapons, reducing the stockpile around the globe. so those might be the sort of things legacy building options that he'll want to look into. >> lea munsel, thank you for weighing in. happy new year. now time for entertainment news. according to fan dango, "star wars," the force awakens, is the most anticipated film of 2015 with the superhero epic avengers age of ultron in second place. the asking price for sonny crockett's 1986 ferrari is around $1.75 million.