The Force Awakens Dominates at $1,557.3M

We are excited to announce that this week, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS became the highest grossing film of all time! In the US market, the movie surpassed the $760.5M lifetime gross of Avatar in a record-shattering 20 days of release. In addition, the film crossed the international box office at $800M.

Through Jan. 5, the film had grossed $758.2M domestically and $799.1M for a global total of $1,557.3M since its Dec. 16 global debut.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS debuted in the US and Canada on Dec. 18. It’s first two weeks pushed the US annual industry box office to an all-time high of $11B, and has set numerous individual records including:

Fastest film to reach $100M (21 hours), $200M (3 days), $300M (5 days), $400M (8 days), $500M (10 days), $600M (12 days), and $700M (16 days)
Biggest all-time debut and biggest December debut ($247.966M), propelling the industry to the biggest overall moviegoing weekend of all time ($313.3M for all films, Dec. 18-20)
Biggest second weekend of all time ($149.2M), propelling the industry to the biggest overall Christmas weekend of all time ($296.4M for all films, Dec. 25-27)
Biggest third weekend of all time ($90.2M)
Biggest Thursday preview gross ($57M)
Biggest Friday, opening, and single day ($119.1M)
Biggest Sunday ($60.55M), Monday ($40.1M), and Tuesday ($37.3M)
Biggest Christmas Day ($49.3M) and New Year’s Day ($34.39M)
Highest per-theater average for a wide debut ($59,982)
Biggest opening week ($390.85M)
Biggest IMAX debut ($30.1M)

Globally, the film posted the highest global opening weekend of all time ($528.967M) and surpassed $1B in a record 12 days. The movie also had the biggest global IMAX debut ($48M) and surpassed $152M in IMAX in a record 19 days. This was the highest international debut in December history with $281M, and it remains #1 in many territories after posting the biggest opening weekend in at least 18 major markets.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS has been named one of the prestigious AFI’s top films of 2015 in its fourth weekend of global release ahead of a debut in its final international market, China, on Jan. 9.

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