Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 6, 2016 10:56:27 GMT -6
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Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ to Become Biggest Movie of All Time
All hail the king.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will rocket past “Avatar” to become the top-grossing film in North America at some point on Wednesday. The seventh film in the space opera saga grossed an estimated $8 million on Tuesday, taking its domestic haul to $758 million. “Avatar” earned $760.5 million during its run, a figure “The Force Awakens” will almost certainly eclipse in the next 24 hours.
One important caveat is that this massive haul does not account for inflation. When pricing increases are factored in, “Gone With The Wind” remains the highest-grossing film in history with $1.7 billion and the first “Star Wars” is the second highest-grossing film with $1.5 billion. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is in twenty-first place behind classics such as “The Sound of Music,” “”E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” and “Titanic.”
Globally, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ranks as the fourth highest-grossing film in history, having earned $1.5 billion worldwide. The film opens this weekend in China, the world’s second-biggest market for film. Depending on how enthusiastically it is received in the People’s Republic, “The Force Awakens” could shoot past “Avatar’s” record $2.8 billion global haul.
Disney, the studio behind “The Force Awakens,” spent more than $4 billion in 2012 to purchase Lucasfilm and with it the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. It then announced plans to release a new trilogy of films, as well as several spin-offs and prequels. Beyond its box office success, “The Force Awakens” seems to have gotten things off on the right foot. The sequel and its director J.J. Abrams have been praised for recapturing the spirit of adventure that helped make George Lucas’s initial three films cultural touchstones for a generation of moviegoers.
Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ to Become Biggest Movie of All Time
All hail the king.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will rocket past “Avatar” to become the top-grossing film in North America at some point on Wednesday. The seventh film in the space opera saga grossed an estimated $8 million on Tuesday, taking its domestic haul to $758 million. “Avatar” earned $760.5 million during its run, a figure “The Force Awakens” will almost certainly eclipse in the next 24 hours.
One important caveat is that this massive haul does not account for inflation. When pricing increases are factored in, “Gone With The Wind” remains the highest-grossing film in history with $1.7 billion and the first “Star Wars” is the second highest-grossing film with $1.5 billion. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is in twenty-first place behind classics such as “The Sound of Music,” “”E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” and “Titanic.”
Globally, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ranks as the fourth highest-grossing film in history, having earned $1.5 billion worldwide. The film opens this weekend in China, the world’s second-biggest market for film. Depending on how enthusiastically it is received in the People’s Republic, “The Force Awakens” could shoot past “Avatar’s” record $2.8 billion global haul.
Disney, the studio behind “The Force Awakens,” spent more than $4 billion in 2012 to purchase Lucasfilm and with it the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. It then announced plans to release a new trilogy of films, as well as several spin-offs and prequels. Beyond its box office success, “The Force Awakens” seems to have gotten things off on the right foot. The sequel and its director J.J. Abrams have been praised for recapturing the spirit of adventure that helped make George Lucas’s initial three films cultural touchstones for a generation of moviegoers.