--- description: It will become the second-biggest domestic movie ever title: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Is About to Break 'Titanic' Record image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt219905ceb2eb650d/698876eae20a87f7f0a8ed0c/star-wars-the-force-awakens_ttdlx5.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_ Is About to Break _Titanic_’s Record by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2016 8:04 PM CUT  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force AwakensLucasfilm by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2016 8:04 PM CUT Today in how many box office records can _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ break, Disney reports that the new film will end 2015 with a domestic total of $652 million after only 13 days in theaters. That makes _The Force Awakens_ the second-biggest domestic movie of 2015 and the fourth-biggest of all time. Even more impressive: By the end of New Year’s Day, it will have passed both _Jurassic World_ ($652.3 million) and _Titanic_ ($658.7 million) to become the second-biggest domestic movie of all time. _The Force Awakens_ is currently about $100 million shy of passing _Avatar_ to become the highest-grossing domestic movie ever. Internationally, _The Force Awakens_ has pulled in $679.2 million for a worldwide total of $1.33 billion._The Force Awakens_ currently sits as the eighth-biggest movie of all time, and the fourth-biggest movie of 2015, behind _Jurassic World_ ($1.67 billion),_Furious 7_ ($1.52 billion), and _Avengers: Age of Ultron_($1.41 billion). This year’s box office total [hit a record height](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/29/box-office-record-11-billion-star-wars-jurassic-world "undefined") of $11 billion, making 2015 the highest-earning domestic year in box office history. [On Thursday](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/31/star-wars-force-awakens-highest-grossing-film-disney-history "undefined"), _The Force Awakens_ became the highest-grossing domestic Disney film of all time. Just a few days prior, it became [the fastest movie ever](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/27/box-office-report-star-wars-force-awakens-crosses-1-billion-globally "undefined") to hit $1 billion worldwide, doing so just 12 days after its world premiere._The Force Awakens_ has opened in all international territories except China, where it will debut on Jan. 9. Read more about all the box office records _The Force Awakens_ has broken [here](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/27/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-records "undefined"). _This_ [_article_ ](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/01/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-titanic "undefined")_originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_ ](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4165380/star-wars-force-awakens-titanic-box-office-records/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4165380/star-wars-force-awakens-titanic-box-office-records/"},"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is About to Break Titanic’s Record","datePublished":"2016-01-01T20:04:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:43:26.424Z","description":"It will become the second-biggest domestic movie ever","url":"https://time.com/4165380/star-wars-force-awakens-titanic-box-office-records/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt219905ceb2eb650d/698876eae20a87f7f0a8ed0c/star-wars-the-force-awakens_ttdlx5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt219905ceb2eb650d/698876eae20a87f7f0a8ed0c/star-wars-the-force-awakens_ttdlx5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-the-force-awakens_tTdlX5","caption":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens","creditText":"Lucasfilm","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/4165380/star-wars-force-awakens-titanic-box-office-records/","name":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is About to Break Titanic’s Record"}}]},{"@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/4165380/star-wars-force-awakens-titanic-box-office-records/","duration":"PT3M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4165380/star-wars-force-awakens-titanic-box-office-records/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```