ATMachine said:

American SW fans like me have to stay off the Internet for a few days if they want to avoid being spoiled blind before they can even see it in theaters.

Welcome to how the other half live ;-)

According to various places the UAE are getting it first on the 15th. Then there are 3 other clusters: France/Bahrain/Philippines etc on the 16th, the UK/Hong Kong/Mexico on the 17th and the US is amongst the last batch on the 18th (Apart from 4 countries who have to wait more than a month: Greece, Morocco, Egypt, China).