BOX OFFICE: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Nears $800 Million Worldwide

BOX OFFICE: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Nears $800 Million Worldwide

With it being Christmas Day tomorrow, chances are that we may not get any solid updates on Star Wars: The Force Awakens until the weekend, but with tickets still selling out fast, it's quickly become apparent that this movie is something special indeed. Hit the jump for details...

News
By JoshWilding - Dec 24, 2015 07:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
We told you earlier about Star Wars: The Force Awakens taking aim at $500 million in North America this weekend, but the latest international numbers have confirmed that the movie is set to sail past the $1 billion mark worldwide at roughly the same time. As of right now, the J.J. Abrams helmed movie has a global cume of $765.9 million, and despite competition from the likes of Daddy's Home and The Hateful Eight, it's expected to do very well tomorrow and the days that follow. The speed in which the movie is breaking these records (and the fact that business isn't showing any significant signs of slowing down) lends some weight to reports that Star Wars: The Force Awakens could end up beating Avatar's record $2.7 billion haul, but seeing as it looks set to make $1 billion in the space of a little over a week, it should end up becoming only the third movie in history to hit $2 billion. Will you be spending you Christmas Day in a Galaxy Far, Far Away? 
Why Does Yoda Speak Backwards? George Lucas Finally Answers
Related:

Why Does Yoda Speak Backwards? George Lucas Finally Answers
Ian McDiarmid Talks Backlash To Palpatine's STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Return And Scrapped TV Series
Recommended For You:

Ian McDiarmid Talks Backlash To Palpatine's STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Return And Scrapped TV Series

DISCLAIMER: As a user generated site and platform, ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and "Safe Harbor" provisions.

This post was submitted by a user who has agreed to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. ComicBookMovie.com will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement. Please CONTACT US for expeditious removal of copyrighted/trademarked content. CLICK HERE to learn more about our copyright and trademark policies.

Note that ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

Do you have what it takes to write for us?
Want to contribute?
1 2
Toblakai
Toblakai - 12/24/2015, 7:21 PM
Just looking at pre-sales for AVX and IMAX theaters where I live and every showing from 1:45 till the last showing is at a minimum 80% sold out. That's 17 showings on X Mas day that are almost completely sold out. On X-mas day!

I will be going for my second go round and I have 2 litlle cousins (aged 9&10) coming to town in a 1 1/2 weeks that I promised to take. Almost a billion dollars in a week and it hasn't opened in China yet! And yet there are buffoons on this site and others that contend that this movie is terrible and derivative, at least I think those are the terms that the hipster d-bag are throwing around like they are something other than fat neckband punks pretending to be movie critics.
continuezero
continuezero - 12/24/2015, 7:22 PM
No big deal.
continuezero
continuezero - 12/24/2015, 7:22 PM
Was an amazing movie though. So many moments that made me smile and feel the magic of the originals.
continuezero
continuezero - 12/24/2015, 7:33 PM
Isn't Obi Wan's Lightsaber still missing in action after Vader killed em? How come no one is looking for that thing?
da2213viking
da2213viking - 12/24/2015, 7:34 PM
What? Almost a billion so quick. That's amazing. I loved this movie even with the few things that I had complaints about. I think it deserves the title from avatar. It's not like the greatest movie in the world has to be the number one seller at the box office. Otherwise none of the top five movies with the highest gross would be there. SW is a spectacle. Something bigger then a lot of things in pop culture. These numbers just show you that when people go the theatre they want to be mesmerized and experience a once in a life time event. Congrats to SW for it has be come that event
LaserKing
LaserKing - 12/24/2015, 7:35 PM
It looked like star wars, felt like star wars. Yeah us!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/24/2015, 7:39 PM
Plan to see it again tomorrow!
Scorpo
Scorpo - 12/24/2015, 7:39 PM
@continuezero whoops, maybe Vader destroyed it? Oh wait it was probably on the Death Star during the explosion.
Nivekian
Nivekian - 12/24/2015, 7:39 PM
2nd showing earlier tonight, and it was just as packed as any opening night flick, and it's still getting a lot of showings.
loki668
loki668 - 12/24/2015, 7:39 PM
At what point is the government just going to show up with a printing press and say "You know what? [frick] it. You guys just print your own [frick]ing money!"
Scorpo
Scorpo - 12/24/2015, 7:40 PM
in b4 @FrozenJoy starts bangin on about 3 billion!
Scorpo
Scorpo - 12/24/2015, 7:41 PM
Seen it 7 times! WOOHOO
113
113 - 12/24/2015, 8:12 PM
It's okay. Not something i'll be seeing multiple times, i have BvS for that.
FormulaOne
FormulaOne - 12/24/2015, 9:14 PM
@113 is this a BvS thread?

...Im really curious just how much this movie will make, and if there'll ever be a movie to beat it.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 12/24/2015, 9:34 PM
Well I hope it beats Avatar.......but I feel as though this movie may lose major steam mid Jan.

SirGoraf
SirGoraf - 12/24/2015, 10:08 PM
Hopefully, I'll be alive to witness another movie breaking this movie's records and it will be another Disney movie, that I'm sure of.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 12/24/2015, 11:32 PM
This is just ridiculous. Can't wait til I'm off again to start my third ans beyond viewing.



bcom
bcom - 12/25/2015, 12:50 AM
This is the first movie since the first Jurassic Park movie where I felt like I was watching a special event rather than just a blockbuster movie. I mean, I know it's Star Wars but I never really got that feeling with the prequels. This movie just has that special feel about it.
JHowlett
JHowlett - 12/25/2015, 2:28 AM
Come on fellow Star Wars fans lets keep it up lol
continuezero
continuezero - 12/25/2015, 2:39 AM
@Pointman Thats what I was thinking. Whats interesting is that if I recall correct, Anakin/Luke's Lightsaber was based on Obi Wan's design. Initially when Force Awakens trailer came out I wondered if it wasn't Luke's that they found but instead Obi Wan's. Vader had to have possession of it. He would not have just left it there. I know in the movie and related material they refer to it as Luke's saber but if the theory of Rey is Kenobi maybe it's really Obi Wan's saber.
continuezero
continuezero - 12/25/2015, 2:42 AM
@Scorpo I gotta think Vader would have grabbed that thing. He goes right up to Obi Wan's cloak. No way he just leaves it but who knows maybe it did blow up with the Death Star.
GhostofFortune
GhostofFortune - 12/25/2015, 4:28 AM
The Force Awakens = disappointing/ A New Hope Rip-Off/ Overhyped by critics

Not a great movie.
vincanss
vincanss - 12/25/2015, 4:57 AM
@GhostofFortune overhyped or you just don't like it so everyone else is wrong?
continuezero
continuezero - 12/25/2015, 4:16 PM
@pointman Ah ok, likely the one Luke still holds. Would Anakin have not based it on Obi Wan's initial design? I guess he could have crafted his own. I just read that padawan's often base their designs on their masters.
1 2
Related Headlines
Latest Headlines

Hot Headlines Hot Headlines

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Anime & Manga

Gaming

Horror

Cartoons & Animated Features

Action Movies & TV

Pro Wrestling & MMA News
View Recorder