“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is on pace to overtake Jim Cameron’s “Avatar” as the highest-grossing film of all time globally, just four days after it opened in the U.S. and most of the world.
That might seem premature, but what a four days they’ve been for Disney’s blockbuster, the J.J. Abrams-directed seventh entry in the iconic sci-fi film franchise launched by George Lucas in 1977. On Monday, the film’s $40 million haul put an exclamation point on an incredible opening weekend, in which it shattered records with the biggest domestic, foreign and worldwide openings. Its current worldwide total is more than $610 million.
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