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Earlier this weekend, it [surpassed](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/01/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-titanic) both _Jurassic World_ ($652.3 million) and _Titanic_ ($658.7 million) to become the second-highest grossing domestic movie ever (unadjusted for inflation), and within the next few days, it should dethrone _Avatar_ ($760.5 million) to become the biggest domestic movie ever. _The Force Awakens_ also became the fastest (and only the second movie ever) to reach $700 million, doing it 16 days. _Avatar_ took 72 days to hit that mark. _The Force Awakens_ also [set a new domestic record](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/02/star-wars-force-awakens-new-years-day-box-office) for the biggest New Year’s Day box office haul with $34.5 million. Globally, _The Force Awakens_ pulled in $184.6 million this weekend, bringing its worldwide total to a whopping $1.51 billion. It will soon surpass _The Avengers_ ($1.52 billion) and _Furious 7_ ($1.515 billion) to become the fourth-biggest movie of all time. It’s also become IMAX’s second highest-grossing movie ever with a global total of $152 million, and in record time: _The Force Awakens_ reached that total in only 19 days, as opposed to _Avatar_, which took 47 days. _The Force Awakens_ has opened worldwide with the exception of China, where it will debut this weekend. In other box office news from a galaxy not so far, far away, _Daddy’s Home_ took second for the weekend, earning an estimated $29 million. The Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg-starring comedy debuted above expectations last weekend, and it held up well in its second outing, falling only 25 percent. Its domestic total is now at $93.7 million. After an exclusive 70mm debut in only 100 theaters,_The Hateful Eight_ went wide this week, expanding to 2,474 theaters and earning $16.2 million for third place. The Quentin Tarantino picture earned a B CinemaScore, and its domestic total is now at $29.6 million. Holdovers _Sisters_ and _Alvins and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip_ rounded out the top five, and both have held up well since opening against _The Force Awakens._ The R-rated _Sisters_, which stars Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, fell only 11 percent and earned $12.6 million this weekend. Its domestic total is now at $61.7 million. _Alvin and the Chipmunks_ fell 10 percent to earn $11.8 million for a total of $67.4 million. At the specialty box office, _Anomalisa_ debuted in four locations on Wednesday, earning $140,000 over three days and $215,000 over five. _The Revenant_ also continued its successful four-theater run, earning an estimated $474,560 in its second weekend. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/03/box-office-report-star-wars-force-awakens-new-years) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4165958/star-wars-the-force-awakens-avatar-box-office-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4165958/star-wars-the-force-awakens-avatar-box-office-record/"},"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Will Top Avatar's Box Office Record This Week","datePublished":"2016-01-04T14:48:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:44:28.572Z","description":"The records just keep coming for Star Wars","url":"https://time.com/4165958/star-wars-the-force-awakens-avatar-box-office-record/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c6a0884a8d7179/6988775de20a87d8b7a8edf6/star-wars-the-force-awakens.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/blt01c6a0884a8d7179/6988775de20a87d8b7a8edf6/star-wars-the-force-awakens.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-the-force-awakens","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/4165958/star-wars-the-force-awakens-avatar-box-office-record/","name":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Will Top Avatar's Box Office Record This Week"}}]}] ```