'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Becomes Highest Grossing Domestic Film Of All-Time

Early box office results show “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” became the highest grossing film of all time in the domestic market, surpassing the $760.5M lifetime gross of "Avatar" in a record-shattering 20 days of release! In addition, the film crossed the $800M mark at the international box office today. Through January 5, the film had grossed $758.2M domestically and $799.1M for a global total of $1,557.3M since its December 18 global debut.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” started its first two weeks pushing the domestic annual industry box office to an all-time high of $11B. It has set numerous individual records including:

· Fastest film to reach $100M (21 hours), $200M (3 days), $300M (5 days), $400M (8 days), $500M (10 days), $600M (12 days), and $700M (16 days)

· Biggest all-time debut and biggest December debut ($247.966M), propelling the industry to the biggest overall movie-going weekend of all time ($313.3M for all films, Dec. 18-20)

· Biggest second weekend of all time ($149.2M), propelling the industry to the biggest overall Christmas weekend of all time ($296.4M for all films, Dec. 25-27)

· Biggest third weekend of all time ($90.2M)

· Biggest Thursday preview gross ($57M)

· Biggest Friday, opening, and single day ($119.1M)

· Biggest Sunday ($60.55M), Monday ($40.1M), and Tuesday ($37.3M)

· Biggest Christmas Day ($49.3M) and New Year’s Day ($34.39M)

· Highest per-theater average for a wide debut ($59,982)

· Biggest opening week ($390.85M)

· Biggest IMAX debut ($30.1M)

Globally, the film posted the highest global opening weekend of all time ($528.967M) and surpassed $1B in a record 12 days. It also had the biggest global IMAX debut ($48M) and surpassed $152M in IMAX in a record 19 days. It was the highest international debut in December history with $281M, and it remains #1 in many territories after posting the biggest opening weekend in at least 18 major markets.

Named one of AFI’s top 10 films of 2015, Star Wars: The Force Awakens now heads into its fourth weekend of global release ahead of a debut in its final international market, China, on January, 9.