There is no doubt thatStar Wars: The Force Awakensis abox officebehemoth, shattering records left and right after just three weeks in theaters. It destroyedJurassic World’s opening weekend record of $208.8 million with $247.9 million, while also setting records for largest opening day ($119.1 million), Thursday night previews ($57 million) and for becoming the fastest to reach $1 billion worldwide (12 days). These are just a handful of the records it has broken so far, butMashablehas a breakdown on some of the records it hasn’t quite broken yet, some of which may never be eclipsed.
The most notable records it hasn’t broken yet are both held by 2009’sAvatar, which still has the highest all-time domestic gross ($760.5 million) and worldwide gross ($2.7 billion).Star Wars: The Force Awakensis currently at $750.2 million domestic and $1.536 billion worldwide, and the domestic mark is expected to fall within the next day or two. We reported earlier today that this blockbuster has overtakenFurious 7($1.515 billion) andMarvel’s The Avengers($1.519 billion) to become the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time at theworldwidebox office, but it still has a lot of work to do before passingAvatar’s $2.7 billion tally, and it will have to passJurassic World($1.669 billion) andTitanic($2.186 billion) to do so.
One record that cannot be broken isJurassic World’s international opening weekend tally of $316.1 million.Star Wars: The Force Awakensdid break that blockbuster’s global opening weekend record ($524.9 million) with $528.9 million, but its overseas total of $281 million is the third best of all time, behindJurassic WorldandHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2($314 million). Other records that will be virtually impossible to break isE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’s stretch of 16 weeks at #1, orTitanic’s streak of 15 weeks in a row at #1. Bear in mind,E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialwas literally in theaters for an entire year, 52 straight weeks, andTitanicwas in theaters for 41 weeks during its run.
Star Wars: The Force Awakensholds the record for highest “fall” and “holiday” opening weekend grosses, but it has no shot at the Winter (American Sniper, $89.2 million), Spring (The Hunger Games, $152.2 million) and Summer (Jurassic World, $208.8 million) records. It’s possible that Disney could re-release the movie in these seasons either this year or the years to follow, but, for now, those are a few of the recordsStar Wars: The Force Awakenscan’t touch. There are still some records that could break in the next few weeks, depending on how many fans show up.
The projections forStar Wars: The Force Awakens' fourth weekend, starting January 8, put it at $55.2 million. If that holds true, it will be enough to breakAvatar’s fourth weekend record of $50.3 million.Avataralso holds the all-time marks for highest fifth weekend ($42.7 million), sixth weekend ($34.9 million) and seventh weekend ($31.2 million), which all could fall if directorJ.J. Abrams' beloved film keeps posting minimal decreases each weekend.
James Cameron’s other blockbusterTitaniccurrently holds the top marks for best eighth weekend ($23.02 million), ninth weekend ($28.1 million), 10th weekend ($21.03 million), 11th weekend ($19.6 million) and 12th weekend ($17.6 million). To put those numbers in perspective,Jurassic Worldearned just $3 million during its 12th weekend this summer.Star Wars: The Force Awakensalso holds daily records for Friday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, but its Saturday tally of $68.2 million is third best toMarvel’s The Avengers($69.5 million) andJurassic World($69.6 million). It is still far below the all-time Wednesday record of $68.5 million set byThe Twilight Saga: Eclipseand the highest Thursday record of $50.5 million set byStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. It also fell just short of the non-opening Thursday gross record set byTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen($29.09 million), taking in $27.3 million on Christmas Eve. Do you thinkStar Wars: The Force Awakenscan break all of the major box office records?
