{"id":37449,"date":"2016-01-06T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T18:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=37449"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:27:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:27:32","slug":"star-wars-the-force-awakens-surpasses-avatar-as-all-time-us-box-office-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/06\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-surpasses-avatar-as-all-time-us-box-office-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Will Surpass AVATAR Today As All-Time US Box Office Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In just under three weeks, Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/strong> has done what it took James Cameron’s Avatar<\/strong> nearly seven months to do – claim the number one spot as the top grossing film of all time in the US.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s box office estimates of $8 million edged The Force Awakens<\/strong> total US gross receipts to $758.2 million, a figure just shy of Avatar<\/strong>‘s theatrical lifetime gross of $760.5 million. With The Force Awakens<\/strong> undoubtedly earning more than the needed $2.3 million to pass Avatar<\/strong>‘s total, the only question remains is by how much will it break Avatar<\/strong>‘s record.<\/p>\n

Avatar<\/strong> still holds the record for the film with the largest international box office gross at $2.78 billion. Currently, The Force Awakens<\/strong> has earned $1.56 billion, putting at a bit more than halfway to taking Avatar<\/strong>‘s crown. The film still has yet to open in China – It will do so this weekend – and that should provide a substantial bump to the continual robust overseas business that the film is doing.<\/p>\n

Box office prognosticators had initially predicted that Star Wars<\/strong> would fall just short of knocking Avatar<\/strong> from its top spot on the international box office chart, estimating an ultimate gross of somewhere between $2.2 and $2.4 billion. It remains to be seen if those estimates will hold or if The Force Awakens<\/strong> will blast pass them as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another box office record falls to the ticket-selling juggernaut this is STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.<\/div>\n

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