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Saturday, January 2, 2016

The Force Awakens Passes Titanic at Box Office

Star Wars: The Force Awakenssurpassed Titanic over the weekend to become the second highest-grossing movie of all-time domestically.
The Force Awakens has brought in $686 million, according to Disney, passing Titanic, which brought in $658 million, USA Today reports. It also jumped over Jurassic World, which earned $652 million, to become the most successful movie of 2015.
The seventh movie in the Star Wars franchise still trails Avatar, which remains the highest-grossing domestic movie of all-time at $760 million. According to the paper, the newest Star Wars flick made $600 million faster than any other movie in history.
Globally, The Force Awakens has made $1.3 billion, currently 7th all-time, according to Box Office Mojo, a site that tracks film earnings, recently passing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and the original Star Wars are also in the top 10 highest domestic box offices of all-time, at seventh and eighth, respectively, according to the site.

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