{"id":35517,"date":"2015-12-28T17:56:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T00:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/?p=35517"},"modified":"2019-03-06T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T23:09:27","slug":"star-wars-the-force-awakens-1-billion-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-1-billion-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reaches $1 Billion in Record Time, Might Kick Avatar Out of Its #1 Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is this the last article I’ll write about Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/strong><\/em><\/a> breaking records? Probably not.<\/p>\n

But this record is a pretty big one and not to go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, on December 27, its twelfth day of global release, The Force Awakens’<\/em> revenue reached $1.090 billion. That’s the fastest any movie has ever reached $1 billion! And this film isn’t even out in China yet! (That’ll come on January 9, so prepare yourselves.)<\/p>\n

Avatar<\/em> sits on top with a box office of $2.78 billion. It had a very slow burn, earning less than $100,00 in its opening weekend. By word of mouth and the media, people ended up flocking to see it over time.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Star Wars<\/em> already has word of mouth and media on its side – and has had it since last year. It’s already a third of the way to Avatar’s<\/em> record, and I think we’ll all be celebrating soon enough.<\/p>\n

Should we be worried, however, that most people have already seen The Force Awakens<\/em> and its revenue will start to taper? No, because according to The Hollywood Reporter,<\/em> a lot of the film’s box office is coming from repeat viewers.<\/p>\n

You go, Star Wars,<\/em> four for you, Star Wars!<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you want to see this film beat Avatar<\/em> and become the most successful film of all time? Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n

Source: THR<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"