Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the fastest movie in history to reach $1bn at the box office.
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The previous record for reaching the $1 billion mark was “Jurrasic World’ doing it in 13 days during the summer of 2015”.
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The highly anticipated seventh installment in the blockbuster space saga has received mostly glowing reviews, and is being credited with breathing new life into the juggernaut Hollywood franchise launched by creator George Lucas in 1977. It set the record for best Christmas Day box office with $49.3 million, topping Sherlock Holmes’ $24.6 million in 2009.
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From left, director J.J. Abrams, producer Kathleen Kennedy, actress Daisy Ridley and actor John Boyega pose with droids character BB-8 and R2-D2 on stage during the premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015.
According to Variety, “The Force Awakens” has grossed $544.6 million in the USA and almost $1.1 billion worldwide. The Force Awakens’ global success is especially impressive considering that most of the records it’s breaking belong to Jurassic World, which had the added bonus of opening the same day in China.
It was a highly competitive weekend, with movies ranging from Jennifer Lawrence’s “Joy”, which opened at $17.5 million, to Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight”, taking on $4.5 million in 100 theaters. The $60 million Fox dramedy, earning a B+ CinemaScore, is among a handful of awards contenders that waited until the year-end holidays to open.
Fourth is the comedy “Sisters”, which made $13.9 million in its second weekend. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip also saw a miniscule drop in its second weekend, falling about 11 percent for an estimated $12.7 million.
The film earned $153 million this weekend, according to The Wrap.
Another is Sony and Village Roadshow’s Concussion, starring Will Smith. It opened in 2,841 locations.
Point Break has already opened in China, where it has grossed $40 million to date, and several other smaller Asian markets for a foreign cume so far north of $43 million.
Paramount’s “The Big Short” expanded from eight theaters to 1,585 locations on Wednesday, picking up $14.5 million for the five day period.
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However, perhaps it was Leonardo DiCaprio’s bear-fighting frontier movie “The Revenant” that shows the most promise, as its limited release over the weekend took in an estimated $471,000 in just four theaters.
