It was a big New Year’s Day forStar Wars: The Force Awakensin more ways than one. The sequel is now the #1 movie of 2015. It is the #2 movie of all-time domestically. And worldwide, it has slipped into the #7 position in all-time grosses. Will it go for broke and take down every box office record? That will be answered in the coming weeks.
The Force Awakenstook in an estimated $34.5 million domestically on Friday, New Year’s Day. This is the highest New Year’s Day domestic gross ever, beatingAvatar, which took in $25.3 million back in 2010.Star Wars 7has now earned $686.4 million in the states. It’s overseas haul rests at $704.2 million. That gives us worldwide grosses of $1.390 billion for thisDisneyjuggernaut.
Domestically,Star Wars 7stands as the #1 movie of 2015, finally passingJurassic World, which clocked in with a total of $652.3 million when it brought its theatrical run to a close just a few short months ago.Star Wars: The Force Awakens' current $686.4 million haul was also enough to sinkTitanicas the #2 biggest movie of all-time on the domestic charts. That movie has pulled in $658.7 million since its release in 1997.
Internationally,TFAis now the #5 movie of 2015, taking the #4 position globally. It is now the #7 movie of all-time on the worldwide box office charts, passingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. It is expected to passAvengers: Age of Ultrontoday, claiming the #3 worldwide position for 2015, and the #6 worldwide position for all-time.
When willStar Wars: The Force AwakensbeatAvataras the #1 biggest movie of all-time in the States?Avatarcurrently has $760 million. That’s only $74.1 million more thanStar Wars 7. If this pace continues, we’ll seeStar Wars: The Force Awakensbecome the#1 biggest movie of all-timedomestically, perhaps, before the New Year’s weekend comes to a close. Worldwide domination won’t be too far behind, though it still has six more movies to get out of the way.
