Having vanquished Titanic and Jurassic World, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set its sights on Avatar.
The space opera sequel is moving up the all-time domestic box office charts at a record clip and now is poised to overtake those pointy eared blue aliens as the top grossing film in history.Avatar earned $760.5 million during its stateside run and Star Wars: The Force Awakens has generated $740.4 million domestically after picking up $88.3 million over new year's weekend. It should take the crown from Avatar shortly.
Earned $1.5 billion
Globally,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ranks as the sixth highest-grossing film in history, having earned $1.5 billion worldwide. It should pass
Furious 7
and
Marvel’s The Avengers
to become the fourth biggest film in history in the coming days.
The film will get a big shot in the arm next week when it premieres in China, the world's second biggest market. Depending on how enthusiastically it is received, The Force Awakens could shoot past Avatar's record $2.8 billion global haul.
Even as The Force Awakens commanded the bulk of box office revenues a few films managed to profit from the holiday season. Paramount's Daddy's Home, a comedy with Will Ferrell picked up $29 million, driving the film's domestic total to $93.7 million.
