'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' makes $1 billion in a record 12 days

[gubbi]

The Movie was lame....

Stand alone, maybe yes. But as part of the bigger Star Wars canon/extended universe, this is the beginning of what happens after Battle of Endor.

 

[Oldman1]

Yes he does say that my friend, but he has already had extensive training and just needs the finishing touches. He said he is ready now as he killed you know who. That was dark test for him.



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He has extensive training but his training was never completed thanks to the massacre of the Jedi students. And she has training in fighting. With a lightsaber I don't know, but we saw how Finn was able to do well enough against Kylo, even hit him.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

If they made it according to the Star Wars comics plot it would've been better, but they didn't because they wanted to make more money from kids. The Star Wars comic was too brutal.

 

[waz]

He has extensive training but his training was never completed thanks to the massacre of the Jedi students. And she has training in fighting. With a lightsaber I don't know, but we saw how Finn was able to do well enough against Kylo, even hit him.

She has some level of training but not enough to beat a Sith apprentice. The fact that Finn hit him is beyond ridiculous. But hey, there are so many silly holes in the film.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

'Star Wars: Force Awakens' Becomes Highest Grossing Domestic Release of All-Time - Box Office Mojo

With an updated gross of $764.4 million thru Wednesday, Jan. 7, Star Wars: the Force Awakensis officially the highest grossing film of all time in the domestic market. By the end of this coming weekend it will become the only film to cross $800 million domestically as the conversation then turns to its continuing international prospects.

With an updated gross of $764.4 million thru Wednesday, Jan. 7, Star Wars: the Force Awakens is officially the highest grossing film of all time in the domestic market. It took a mere 20 days for the film to surpass the previous record of $760.5M held by Avatar, which not only took a total of 318 days to achieve, but was spread across two releases.

When adjusted for inflation Force Awakens still has a long, long way to go to top Gone with the Wind's $1.73 billion, but it has moved to 20th position on the chart, just ahead of Raiders of the Lost Ark bringing to light another milestone.

Harrison Ford now tops the BoxOfficeMojo people index, surpassing longtime chart topper and fellow Star Warsalum, Samuel L. Jackson. The domestic box office take for Ford's films before adjusting for inflation totals a whopping $4.69 billion, topping Jackson by $73 million. Adjusted for inflation, Ford has no competition as his total reaches $9.36 billion, over $2.2 billion more than Tom Hanks in second place.

While Force Awakens' record breaking accomplishment is worthy of note, it's just the beginning. By the end of this coming weekend the record will be an afterthought as The Force Awakens will become the only film to cross $800 million domestically. From there the conversation turns to its continuing international prospects.

Ever since its record-shattering opening weekend the question of whether The Force Awakens would top Avatar domestically was more a matter of "When?" than "If?" A well-timed release, the proliferation of IMAX screens and rising ticket prices certainly helped matters, but now attention turns to the international and global box office numbers. International numbers for Star Wars are relatively even with domestic totals so far, which is saying something when compared to the likes of worldwide chart toppers such as Avatar, Titanic and Jurassic World, all of which saw over 60% of their worldwide total come from overseas markets. A whopping 72.7% of Avatar's number came from oveseas.

In fact, if you look at the top 25 films on the worldwide chart, Force Awakens is one of only six films with less than 60% of their overall worldwide gross coming from international territories. Also interesting is one of the closest films to matching Force Awakens in this regard is Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with a 46.2/53.8 domestic to international split. The only film in the top 25 to generate more domestically than it did internationally is The Dark Knight.

At this point, it's difficult to determine just how big it will go, most of all because it has yet to release in China where Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and the Force aren't exactly known quantities. The original trilogy was screened in China for the first time just last June while the prequel films generated a combined $18.7 million upon their release in China. Force Awakens will obviously do better than that upon its release this Saturday, Jan. 9, but will it be able to match the $228 million earned by Jurassic World or the $240 million brought in by Avengers: Age of Ultron?

The film's global box office currently stands at $1.57 billion and $2 billion seems likely at this point, but if it wants to threaten Titanic's $2.186 billion for that second spot on the worldwide chart it's going to need some help. As for Avatar's $2.78 billion... it seems well out of reach at this point.

Here's a look at the current top ten, all-time worldwide earners (not adjusted for inflation). You can find the full chart here.

• Avatar - $2.788 billion
• Titanic - $2.186 billion
• Jurassic World - $1.669 billion
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $1.576 billion
• Marvel's The Avengers - $1.519 billion
• Furious 7 - $1.515 billion
• Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.405 billion
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.341 billion
• Frozen - $1.276 billion
• Iron Man 3 - $1.215 billion

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Force Awakens opens in China

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

In Release: 22 days / 3.1 weeks

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $781,141,043 48.7%
+ Foreign: $821,300,000 51.3%
= Worldwide: $1,602,441,043


China Box Office: 'Star Wars: Force Awakens' Rockets to Record $33M Opening Day - Hollywood Reporter

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

damn that was quick

In Release: 24 days / 3.4 weeks
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $812,011,043 46.8%
+ Foreign: $921,400,000 53.2%
= Worldwide: $1,733,411,043

Now #3 all-time

 

[oprih]

China is the only market left, I don't see this surpassing Avatar's gross.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

In Release: 32 days / 4.6 weeks
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $856,944,841 45.8%
+ Foreign: $1,012,600,000 54.2%
= Worldwide: $1,869,544,841

 

[waz]

In Release: 32 days / 4.6 weeks
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $856,944,841 45.8%
+ Foreign: $1,012,600,000 54.2%
= Worldwide: $1,869,544,841

I think it is levelling out now.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I think it is levelling out now.

Well it's pretty good for a month. I think it's going to start crawling very slowly like $50M short of Titanic. Then eventually it will cross it.

 

[waz]

Well it's pretty good for a month. I think it's going to start crawling very slowly like $50M short of Titanic. Then eventually it will cross it.

Interesting, we will have to see.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $879,289,346 45.3%
+ Foreign: $1,060,700,000 54.7%
= Worldwide: $1,939,989,346

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Interesting, we will have to see.

Hmm...you may be correct. It is still $17M short of $2B. Not looking good for passing Titantic at $2.186B