--- description: It's the fastest movie in history to hit $300 million, doing so in 5 days. title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hits $300 Million in Record Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56bcbe3286e1d9aa/698876c9196cf45caf0399eb/star-wars-record-sales-2015.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 # _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Hits $300 Million in Record Time by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 23, 2015 7:01 PM CUT  Opening night of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Brenden Theatres inside Palms Casino Resort on December 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Opening night of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Brenden Theatres inside Palms Casino Resort on December 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller--Getty Images by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 23, 2015 7:01 PM CUT It’s not exactly making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ has set another speed record of its own. As of Tuesday, _The Force Awakens_ has made an estimated $325.4 million domestically in five days, making it the fastest movie in history to hit $300 million. That’s another record that [_The Force Awakens_has stolen from _Jurassic World_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/21/star-wars-force-awakens-jurassic-world-box-office-congratulations "undefined"), which previously reached $300 million in eight days. An estimated $37.3 million of _The Force Awakens’_ total came in on Tuesday alone, shattering another record for the biggest Tuesday gross of all time. The previous record holder, _The Amazing Spider-Man_, made $35 million. _The Force Awakens’_ $325 million domestic total means that in five days, it has already made more money than most of the other _Star Wars_ movies made during their entire theatrical run. _The Force Awakens_had already passed up _The Empire Strikes Back_ and_Return of the Jedi,_ but now, unadjusted for inflation, it’s pulled ahead of both the original _Star Wars_ ($307.3 million) and_Attack of the Clones_ ($302.2 million). Internationally, _The Force Awakens_ has raked in an estimated $364 million_,_ which brings its global total to $689.4 million. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/23/star-wars-force-awakens-hits-300-million-record-time "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4160455/force-awakens-record-sales/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4160455/force-awakens-record-sales/"},"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hits $300 Million in Record Time","datePublished":"2015-12-23T19:01:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:37:09.655Z","description":"It's the fastest movie in history to hit $300 million, doing so in 5 days","url":"https://time.com/4160455/force-awakens-record-sales/","keywords":["movies","records","star wars: the force awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56bcbe3286e1d9aa/698876c9196cf45caf0399eb/star-wars-record-sales-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56bcbe3286e1d9aa/698876c9196cf45caf0399eb/star-wars-record-sales-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-record-sales-2015","caption":"star-wars-record-sales-2015","creditText":"Ethan Miller--Getty Images","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/4160455/force-awakens-record-sales/","name":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hits $300 Million in Record Time"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover","description":"For the latest issue of TIME, Marco Grob photographed the cast members of","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KXrQmNTF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-03T11:59:55.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KXrQmNTF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4160455/force-awakens-record-sales/","duration":"PT3M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4160455/force-awakens-record-sales/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```