What’s more, the space opera has yet to come out in China – ranked as the world’s second-largest movie market – and will not open in the Far East country until January 9. Of course there’s the illusive $2.788 billion that Avatar grossed worldwide. The top twelve grossed approximately $204 million, $4.5 million shy of the record set back in 2009 when Avatar was king.
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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg’s Christmas comedy Daddy’s Home managed a powerful second-place run, taking $29 million for the weekend with an impressive total of $93.7 million. The revisionist western from Quentin Tarantino racked up $16.2 million to finish in third place. The film has earned $61.7 million so far.
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It exposed the sectarian divisions gripping the region and also illustrated the kingdom’s new aggressiveness under King Salman. In Bahrain, police fired tear gas and birdshot at demonstrators on Sitra Island, south of the capital, Manama, wounding some.
Perhaps contributing to the less-than-expected performance was controversy swirling around Tarantino and his film.
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Mr Jubeir said Saudi Arabia would not let Iran undermine its security, accusing it of having “distributed weapons and planted terrorist cells in the region”.
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh, the $62 million picture received three Golden Globe nominations – supporting actress for Leigh, best screenplay and original score (for composer Ennio Morricone). Comediennes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are showing audiences are game for a laugh as their hit comedy Sisters added another $12.58 million to its piggy bank.
Paramount’s “Anomalisa” earned $140,000 from four locations for a per-screen average of $35,000. Pulling in an estimated $140,000, the R-rated stop-motion animated drama was written by Charlie Kaufman and co-directed with Duke Johnson.
In a message posted to his Twitter feed, he asked fans: “Do you love Star Wars?”.
As the year ended, 2015 became the industry’s record holder for the best box office year to date.
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In addition to setting a new high mark in New Year’s box office history, the record-busting film blew past the domestic grosses of both “Jurassic World” ($652.3 million) and “Titanic” ($658.7 million) to become the second-highest earner of all time with $740.3 million in just 19 days of release.
