portend#2
スターウォーズの最新作の初日興行収入が米国，カナダで歴代最高となったようです。今までの1位は，ハリー・ポッターと死の秘宝の＄43.5mでしたが，スターウォーズは$57mとなるようです。
記事の中で気になった単語は"portend"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）によると「＜よくない状態･事態＞の前触れとなる; …を予告する」などという意味がありました。ODには"Be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen"と定義されており，ラテン語の"portendere"に由来するようです。 "pro-"が「前へ，先へ」, "tendere"が「伸びる，広がる，時間，期間」などを表すようです。（Ume）
Star Wars film breaks opening night box office record
Star Wars: The Force Awakens made $57m (£38m) on Thursday night, beating the previous record of $43.5m held by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011.
Analysts say the space saga could become the biggest selling movie of all time.
The film also set a new opening day box office record in the UK and Ireland.
The £9.64m tally beat the previous best of £9.48m set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Midnight screenings on Thursday morning accounted for £2.4m of ticket sales.
Rentrak's Paul Dergarabedian, one of Hollywood's best-known box office analysts, said the film's opening night performance in the US and Canada "portends a massive and potentially record-breaking opening day and weekend for the film".
"The potential for The Force Awakens to ultimately break into the $2bn club worldwide is certainly in the realm of possibility," he said.
