WHITFIELD: All right. "Star Wars" now rules the box office galaxy as the force awakens continues to shatter box office records and knocking the former top grossing film "Jurassic World" down to number two. The force awaken has earned an estimated $230 million in the U.S. this opening weekend. That's the biggest movie opening ever and also the first film ever to earn over 100 million in one day. And with all the talk of "Star Wars" and of course politics, it's hard not to see a few similarities between the force of Jedi and the force of Washington as CNN's Jake Tapper illustrates in this week's "STATE OF THE UNION" or I should say cartooniaan.</s>TAPPER (voice-over): The "Star Wars" franchise full of politics. And not just in the center, with every politician fans</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm a member of the imperial senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderon (ph).</s>TAPPER: Ah yes, the imperial senate, to step up one presumes from the galactic senate from those from those prequels were lay (ph) his mother Queen Padme Amidala note.
"Star Wars" Now Rules The Box Office Galaxy.