--- description: 'The Force Awakens' stands to break opening weekend box office records title: Here's How Much Money 'Star Wars' Could Make image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c451f8f1cfd99c/698871f18e06012beb46369a/star-wars-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Much Money _Star Wars_ Could Make by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 9:40 PM CUT  Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 9:40 PM CUT _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ is among the most anticipated movies of all time, and it has [a good chance](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-star-wars-848331 "undefined") of breaking box office records after it debuts on Dec. 18. The movie is getting a huge release, showing in more than 4,100 theaters this weekend, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. Estimates predict that it stands to make between $180 million and $220 million domestically in its opening weekend. It will almost certainly surpass the December record-holder, _The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey_, which made $85 million in its opening weekend. If it comes in at the high end of its estimate, it will also surpass the all-time North American record-holder, _Jurassic World_, which made $208.8 million in its opening weekend in the summer. If J.J. Abrams wants _The Force Awakens_ to surpass the all-time highest-grossing film, he has to set his aims high: _Avatar_ holds the record with $2.8 billion. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-star-wars-848331 "undefined")\] **Read next**: [Turn Any TIME Story Into the Beginning of _Star Wars_](http://time.com/4144367/star-wars-the-force-awakens-crawl/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148391/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148391/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office/"},"headline":"Here's How Much Money Star Wars Could Make","datePublished":"2015-12-14T21:40:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:21:50.779Z","description":"The Force Awakens stands to break opening weekend box office records","url":"https://time.com/4148391/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c451f8f1cfd99c/698871f18e06012beb46369a/star-wars-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79c451f8f1cfd99c/698871f18e06012beb46369a/star-wars-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-poster","caption":"","creditText":"Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4148391/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office/","name":"Here's How Much Money Star Wars Could Make"}}]}] ```