The Force Awakens broke the record for the biggest opening day of all time at the Ireland and United Kingdom box office last month and surpassed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office in record speed, putting it on course to become one of the most successful films of all time.
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Globally, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ranks as the sixth highest-grossing film in history, having earned $1.5 billion worldwide. With an $88.3 million weekend, it now stands at $740.2 million after three weekends, it’s just $20.5 million away from crossing Avatar as the biggest film in box office history. On a global level, Star Wars attracted $184.6 million.
Over the holidays, The Force Awakens passed the totals of Titanic, The Avengers, and Jurassic World to become the second biggest film ever released in the US. Finally, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 held on in the charts, falling to 10th with $4.6 million and $274.2 million to date.
Comedy “Daddy’s Home” starring Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg stayed at second place, taking in 29 million dollars in its second weekend in theaters. Given The Force Awakens’ incredible reception, it should come as no surprise that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story came in first in that survey, followed by Finding Dory and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Rounding out the top five were holdovers Sisters (weekend gross $12.5 million, total gross $61.7 million) and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (weekend gross $11.8 million, total gross $67.3 million). Joy is not living up to its name with an estimated $10.4 million only bringing in $38.7 million so far on a $60 million budget.
Sony’s “Concussion” took in an estimated $8 million for, bringing its domestic haul to $25.4 million.
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“When you look at the holding power of “Daddy’s Home” and “Sisters, ‘ it shows you that those films are for many people the antidote to ‘Star Wars, ‘” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for box office tracker Rentrak”.
