If anything could distract people from the Internet for a little while, it's the opening of a new "Star Wars" movie.

"The Force Awakens," the seventh episode of the popular saga hit theaters Dec. 18, setting a new record for biggest global opening in history with an estimated $528 million in ticket sales. Amid the collective hysteria, web traffic in several major countries dropped consistently right at the time of the film's first IMAX screening, as shown in the infographic below: