I caught it for the 6th time today, this time in 2D at the local 2nd run theater. I still love it! Picture was great, sound was good but could have been 10 dB higher.
Novelizations were available well ahead of theatrical release for every Star Wars film before TFA. For TFA the novelization came out the day of theatrical release but only as an ebook.
I took in my 5th viewing today at the 12:20PM IMAX screening. The theater was about a third full which would have to be good for a non-holiday Wednesday noon show. I'm 40 and I'm pretty sure I was the youngest person there.
Episode VIII moved to December 2017.
http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wars-episode-viii-moves-to-dec-2017-pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-takes-over-memorial-day-2017-slot-1201686876/
Apparently now opening against Avatar 2.
Already over $500 million domestic and $1billion world wide. I see it easily passing Avatar domestically but not world wide. Avatar had a much higher international percentage. All of this could change depending what happens when it opens in China.
I actually wonder if they will silently re-upload the digital release of all the SW films besides for ANH with a silent Lucasfilm logo instead of the hacked on fanfare that is currently being used.
I was also at the marathon. I was quite surprised that just about everyone did the entire marathon. I showed up just in time for The Phantom Menace to start and I had to sit way up front.