The highest-grossing film title in history is owned by “Avatar”, a title that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” wants to claim.
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Things didn’t slow down for the Thunder in the third quarter, and opened the frame on a 22-to-0 run to take a 79-46 lead. Guard Gary Harris tied a career-high with 21, and centre Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Denver (11-17).
A juggernaut like “Star Wars” empowers the entire industry, Dergarabedian said.
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He started two games earlier this season, against Atlanta and at Houston, when Mariota was recovering from the left knee injury. Mariota’s first game back from injury was his second-best of the season, a four-touchdown outing in a win over the Saints.
REUTERS People dressed as Storm Trooper characters from Star Wars wait to purchase toys linked to the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Times Square, New York. Domestically the movie crossed $500 million in the shortest amount of time ever. The latest installment in the Star Wars saga is breaking records in the theaters.
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And Americans put Carly Fiorina in a tie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and long-admired Queen Elizabeth at 2 percent. Clinton is the record-holder, winning the distinction 20 times – more than the 13 times Eleanor Roosevelt was chosen.
Russell’s “Joy” placed third, making $17.5 million. Though Jurassic World, which came out in June, did well, it was no match for the sequel to the films that changed cinema. Avatar sits at $760M and it’s conceivable that The Force Awakens may make another $100 next weekend (which would be a 35% drop from this weekend). Comedy drama Daddy’s Home, with Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in the lead, earned $38.8m in the opening weekend.
“Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy said the movie’s success to date was “a huge surprise”. In March 2004, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King became the second film in history to gross $1 billion worldwide. This photo provided by courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox shows, Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, in a scene from the film, “The Revenant”, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
A couple of holdovers rounded out the top five with Universal’s Sisters dropping nearly nothing from last weekend to an estimated $13.8M this weekend, bringing its cume to $37.1M. Its attempt to shed a spotlight on the dark side of the National Football League may have caused some movie goers who love the game to avoid it.
But “Point Break”, a remake of the 1991 Kathryn Bigelow cult favorite, wiped out.
In most other foreign countries, however, global ticket sales remained strong this weekend, led by the U.K., Germany and Australia.
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On the limited release front, newcomer Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight”, from the Weinstein Co., fared best with a 10th-place finish of $4.5 million. Right now $900 million is the safer bet (very safe), but $1 billion is absolutely well within the realm of possibility too.
