Eh, if one of the others in the trilogy has a chance at getting close to matching SW7, it'll be SW9 Return of the Jedi style. Even if Episode 8 is great, it's going to have the Empire Strikes Back kind of dip.
This could be great for ratings. It would be the most populist Oscars in years if that happened. Especially if Big Short and Revenant get over 100m, and/or if The Hateful Eight pulls a surprise unlikely nom.
And if you think about it, it'd be above SW first run gross. GWTW also just never left theaters and was a completely different era.
#3 in that case would in all practicality be #1.
Excel was disappointing as well, I peaked over at world of KJ, and he just over dramatically ate crow with a thread he made and then didn't post again.
So, if it gets above 31.13m tomorrow and New Years Eve, every day it spent in December was above the record...
That might be too much of a stretch though
Sniper was very impressive, but if you think it's more impressive than a movie making 1 billion domestic a possibility than you're crazy.
Also, fun fact: The Force Awakens will be the first franchise film to ever be #1 DOM
True... I don't know if we've had a movie have the monthly record from a weekend that wasn't its opening before.
Then again, we didn't count Avatar when it technically had the record in January.