Star Wars: The Force Awakens did the impossible and the film did it in just 20 days. Not only did it knock James Cameron’s movie Titanic out of the second place, it also knocked his other movie Avatar out of first place in the United States. That means for the first time since 1998, a James Cameron movie is no longer the #1 movie domestically. I wonder how he is handling the news? Has anyone seen him?
Here are all of the other Box Office records the film has broken in less that 3 weeks:
· 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. It also had the biggest global IMAX debut ($48M) and surpassed $152M in IMAX in a record 19 days. It 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.
If that is not enough to show you how powerful this movie is, so far it has made $758.2M domestically and $799.1M for a global total of $1,557.3M. With that dough, it can buy its own planet, like Jupiter.
