‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ trailer playing in 30 theaters Friday

LOS ANGELES — The Force is coming to theaters on Friday.

Lucasfilm and Disney will premiere the first trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at 30 venues run Regal, AMC and Cinemark, rolling out an 88-second tease of the J.J. Abrams-helmed “Star Wars” in front of every movie playing at the locations over the holiday weekend.

The trailer launch will take place a day after Universal releases the first trailer for “Jurassic World” on Thursday, during Thanksgiving football on NBC.

The locations set to screen the “Star Wars” trailer are:

Harkins Tempe Marketplace (Phoenix, Ariz.)
AMC Century City (Los Angeles)
El Capitan (Los Angeles)
Regal Spectrum 21 (Irvine, Calif.)
AMC Meteron 16 (San Francisco)
Cinemark Oakridge 20 (San Jose, Calif.)
Regal Mira Mesa 18 (San Diego)
Cinemark (Salt Lake City)
Regal Thornton Place 14 (Seattle)
AMC Westminster 24 (Denver, Colorado)
AMC Tysons Corner 16 (Washington, D.C.)
Carmike Parisian 20 (Miami)
Regal Atlantic Station (Atlanta)
Regal City (Chicago)
AMC Boston Commons 19 (North Boston, Mass.)
Cinemary Showcase 20 (Detroit)
AMC Southdale (Minneapolis)
AMC Studio 30 (Kansas City, Missouri)
AMC Lincoln Square 12 (New York)
Regal Union Square (New York)
Cinemark 24 (Cleveland)
Regal Warrington 22 (Philadelphia)
Carmike Thoroughbred 20 (Nashville, Tenn.)
Regal Pinnacle (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Cinemark Plano 20 (Dallas)
Regal Marq*e Stadium 23 (Houston)
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema S Lamar (Austin, Texas)
Marcus Brookfield 16 (Milwaukee)
CPX Younge & Dundas (Toronto)
CPX Riverport (Vancouver, Canada)

Regal Entertainment Group, the largest operator of movie theaters in the U.S., jumped the gun on the announcement, which initially made it seem as though the chain had exclusive rights for the trailer in nine of its locations, prompting the official announcement on StarWars.com.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will be released Dec. 18, 2015.

Abrams’ Bad Robot promoted the trailer with a tweet: