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Avatar (2009) took 47 days to beat Titanic (1997). Titanic took 86 days to beat Star Wars (1977). Star Wars took over a year to beat Jaws (1975). Jaws took it from Exorcist (1973). Exorcist took crown from Gone with the Wind (1939). Gone with the Wind took the crown from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 18 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $750,230,824 (Mon - $8,021,882) 2) Jurassic World – $506,899,800 (Mon - $6,526,380) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $463,353,451 (Mon - $5,687,934) 4) The Dark Knight - $400,038,494 (Mon - $6,287,429) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $375,466,255 (Mon - $3,435,547) 6) Avatar - $360,209,452 (Mon - $8,094,554) 7) The Dark Knight Rises - $358,660,592 (Mon - $4,725,498) 8) Iron Man 3 - $340,868,034 (Mon - $3,206,057) 9) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $337,794,484 (Mon - $1,943,642) 10) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $332,127,039 (Sat - $9,476,273)

This is Spider-Man 2, which opened on a Wednesday and had the benefit of a holiday Monday. Spiderman only had 3 days. Look at my list on page 81 to see all the movies with at least 5 (not just TDK).

Consecutive Days $10+ million (not necessarily to begin box office run): T1) Avatar - 17 T1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 17 T3) Jurassic World - 12 T3) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - 12 (benefited from July 4th on a Saturday, opened on a Wednesday) 5) The Dark Knight - 11 At least 7 other movies tied with 10 consecutive days of $10+ million

I have posted charts for Fastest to $550 million and $600 million (before The-Numbers had updated for TFA) For consecutive days $20+ million (not sure if complete for 4 days): 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 17 2) Spiderman 2 - 6 T3) Despicable Me 2 - 5 T3) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - 5 T3) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5 T3) Jurassic World - 5 T3) The Dark Knight - 5 T3) Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 5 T3) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - 5 T10) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 4 T10) Shrek 2 - 4 T10) Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones - 4 T10) Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith - 4 T10) The Hangover Part II - 4 T10) The Matrix Reloaded - 4 T10) Twilight Saga: Eclipse - 4 For consecutive days $30+ million, this is currently quite a boring list as it simply consists of: 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 6 At least 20 other movies - 3

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 14 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $651,967,269 (Thu - $22,932,686) 2) Jurassic World – $445,840,805 (Thu - $8,903,825) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $402,021,415 (Thu - $6,208,368) 4) The Dark Knight - $351,086,846 (Thu - $8,402,546) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $333,170,808 (Thu - $4,037,065) 6) The Dark Knight Rises - $318,197,764 (Thu - $6,818,467) 7) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $309,664,956 (Thu - $2,938,977) 8) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $305,522,774 (Tue - $5,760,435) 9) Iron Man 3 - $301,891,883 (Thu - $3,296,807) 10) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $296,534,509 (Thu - $4,872,155) 11) Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $286,684,032 (Thu - $6,468,103) 12) Avatar - $283,624,210 (Thu - $14,738,136) Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 15 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $686,361,421 (Fri - $34,394,152) 2) Jurassic World - $460,533,690 (Fri - $14,692,885) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $417,257,461 (Fri - $15,236,046) 4) The Dark Knight - $363,795,881 (Thu - $12,709,035) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $343,189,933 (Fri - $10,019,125) 6) The Dark Knight Rises - $328,423,814 (Fri - $10,226,050) 7) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $317,440,734 (Fri - $7,775,778) 8) Iron Man 3 - $311,405,998 (Fri - $9,514,115) 9) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $310,426,573 (Wed - $4,903,799) 10) Avatar - $308,898,218 (Fri - $25,274,008) Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 16 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $720,729,671 (Sat - $34,368,250) 2) Jurassic World – $483,013,980 (Sat- $22,480,290) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $440,844,530 (Sat - $23,587,069) 4) The Dark Knight - $380,987,031 (Sat - $17,191,150) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $360,394,291 (Sat - $17,204,358) 6) The Dark Knight Rises - $342,696,928 (Sat - $14,273,114) 7) Avatar - $334,733,769 (Sat - $25,835,551) 8) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $329,363,612 (Sat - $11,922,878) 9) Iron Man 3 - $326,831,976 (Sat - $15,425,978) 10) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $315,007,925 (Thu - $4,581,352) Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 17 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $742,208,942 (Sun - $21,479,271) 2) Jurassic World – $500,373,420 (Sun - $17,359,440) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $457,665,517 (Sun - $16,820,987) 4) The Dark Knight - $393,751,065 (Sun - $12,764,034) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $372,030,708 (Sun - $11,636,417) 6) The Dark Knight Rises - $353,935,094 (Sun - $11,238,166) 7) Avatar - $352,114,898 (Sun - $17,381,129) 8) Iron Man 3 - $337,661,977 (Sun - $10,830,001) 9) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $335,850,842 (Sun - $6,487,230) 10) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $322,650,766 (Fri - $7,642,841)

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 13 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $630,034,583 (Wed - $28,085,057) 2) Jurassic World – $436,936,980 (Wed - $9,440,200) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $395,813,047 (Wed - $6,339,757) 4) The Dark Knight - $342,684,300 (Wed - $8,755,141) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $329,133,743 (Wed - $4,342,154) 6) The Dark Knight Rises - $311,379,297 (Wed - $7,333,325) 7) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $306,725,979 (Wed - $3,017,817) 8) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $299,762,339 (Mon - $6,406,454) 9) Iron Man 3 - $298,595,076 (Wed - $3,871,497) 10) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $291,662,354 (Wed - $5,166,469) 11) Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $280,215,929 (Wed - $6,448,468) 12) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $274,896,433 (Tue - $4,406,639) 13) Avatar - $268,886,074 (Wed - $18,466,123) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens extends its lead over Jurassic World to over $193 million.

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 12 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $600,949,526 (Tue - $29,528,583) 2) Jurassic World – $427,496,780 (Tue - $13,130,460) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $389,473,290 (Tue - $8,477,854) 4) The Dark Knight - $333,929,159 (Tue - $9,629,366) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $324,791,589 (Tue - $5,990,413) 6) The Dark Knight Rises - $304,045,972 (Tue - $8,773,116) 7) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $303,708,162 (Tue - $4,009,955) 8) Iron Man 3 - $294,723,579 (Tue - $5,161,138) 9) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $293,355,885 (Sun - $13,643,085) 10) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $286,495,885 (Tue - $6,479,276) 17) Avatar - $250,419,951 (Tue - $18,290,628) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens cruises past the $600 million mark in only 12 days, an amazing 24 days faster than the record set earlier in the year by Jurassic World!

Number Movie Title Days to $600m Gross so far Date When Milestone Reached Total Gross U.S. Release Date 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 12 $600,949,526 12/29/15 $600,949,526 12/18/15 2 Jurassic World 36 $603,031,070 7/17/15 $652,270,625 6/12/15 3 Avatar 47 $601,141,551 2/02/10 $749,766,139 12/18/09 4 Marvel's The Avengers 54 $600,377,080 6/26/12 $623,357,910 5/4/12 5 Titanic 252 $600,038,488 9/27/98 $600,788,188 12/19/97

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 11 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $571,458,914 (EST Mon - $31,400,000) 2) Jurassic World – $414,366,320 (Mon - $11,566,225) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $380,995,436 (Mon - $7,923,789) 4) The Dark Knight - $324,299,793 (Mon - $10,518,116) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $318,801,176 (Mon - $5,398,779) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $299,698,207 (Mon - $3,402,550) 7) The Dark Knight Rises - $295,272,856 (Mon - $8,160,046) 8) Iron Man 3 - $289,562,441 (Mon - $4,615,742) 9) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $280,016,609 (Mon - $6,477,328) 10) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $279,712,800 (Sat - $10,688,091) 20) Avatar - $232,129,323 (Mon - $19,418,139) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets another record, this time to $550 million on Day 11, obliterating the “old” record by 13 days!

Rank Title Studio Days to Gross-to-Date Date Total Gross Release Date $550m 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV 11 $571,458,914 12/28/15 $571,458,914 12/18/15 2 Jurassic World Uni. 24 $556,542,980 7/5/15 $652,270,625 6/12/15 3 The Avengers BV 31 $552,950,398 6/3/12 $623,357,910 5/4/12 4 Avatar Fox 38 $551,741,499 1/24/10 $749,766,139 12/18/09 5 Titanic Par. 121 $552,306,658 4/18/98 $600,788,188 12/19/97 Will put up the fastest to $600 million tomorrow, BOM should really include these charts too since we now have 5 movies that have crosses $550 million and $600 million in their initial domestic runs.

Cannot seem to edit my post, I had the wrong number (as it was based on the estimates). should read (for Day 8): Star Wars: The Force Awakens extends its lead over Jurassic World to over $114 million!

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 7 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $390,856,054 (Thu - $27,395,725) 2) Jurassic World – $296,211,655 (Thu - $17,822,580) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $270,019,373 (Thu - $12,391,566) 4) The Dark Knight - $238,611,000 (Thu - $16,464,405) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $235,655,468 (Thu - $8,613,154) 6) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $228,441,219 (Tue - $13,510,024) 7) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $226,117,069 (Thu - $11,229,178) 8) The Dark Knight Rises - $225,011,359 (Thu - $13,202,371) 9) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $222,116,056 (Thu - $14,951,629) 10) Iron Man 3 - $212,421,084 (Thu - $7,609,602) 47) Avatar - $137,094,051 (Thu - $11,150,998) Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 8 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $440,181,717 (Fri - $49,325,663) 2) Jurassic World – $325,326,090 (Fri - $29,114,435) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $299,242,890 (Fri - $29,223,517) 4) The Dark Knight - $261,847,503 (Fri - $23,232,292) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $256,887,830 (Fri - $21,232,362) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $253,686,504 (Fri - $31,570,448) 7) The Dark Knight Rises - $242,745,904 (Fri - $17,734,545) 8) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $240,671,184 (Fri - $14,554,115) 9) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $239,380,350 (Wed - $10,939,131) 10) Iron Man 3 - $232,134,916 (Fri - $19,713,832) 40) Avatar - $160,189,097 (Fri - $23,095,046) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets the record to $400 million by hitting the highly sought number in only 8 days, besting the old record by 2 days! · Star Wars: The Force Awakens extends its lead over Jurassic World to over $115 million! Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 9 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $496,913,249 (Sat - $56,731,532) 2) Jurassic World – $364,438,555 (Sat - $39,112,465) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $342,148,409 (Sat - $42,905,519) 4) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $290,723,486 (Sat - $33,835,656) 5) The Dark Knight - $290,119,997 (Sat - $28,272,494) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $282,087,763 (Sat - $28,401,259) 7) The Dark Knight Rises - $267,458,321 (Sat - $24,712,417) 8) Iron Man 3 - $264,188,043 (Sat - $32,053,127) 9) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $258,934,716 (Sat - $18,263,532) 10) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $251,035,008 (Thu - $11,654,658) 33) Avatar - $188,463,503 (Sat - $28,274,406) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens crosses the $450 million in a record 9 days, shattering the old record by an amazing 6 days! Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 10 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $540,058,914 (Sun - $43,145,665) 2) Jurassic World – $402,800,095 (Sun - $38,361,540) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $373,071,647 (Sun - $30,923,238) 4) The Dark Knight - $313,781,677 (Sun - $23,661,680) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $313,402,397 (Sun – $22,678,911) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $296,295,657 (Sun - $14,207,894) 7) The Dark Knight Rises - $287,112,810 (Sun - $19,654,489) 8) Iron Man 3 - $284,946,699 (Sun - $20,758,656) 9) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $273,539,281 (Sun - $14,604,565) 10) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $269,024,709 (Fri - $17,989,701) 28) Avatar - $212,711,184 (Sun - $24,247,681) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens passes the half a billion mark in a record 10 days, obliterating the old record by 7 days and increases its lead over Jurassic to over $137 million!

Hoping for 60+ on Saturday to get TFA to $500 million in only 9 days.

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 8 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $440,395,329 (EST Fri - $49,344,000) 2) Jurassic World – $325,326,090 (Fri - $29,114,435) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $299,242,890 (Fri - $29,223,517) 4) The Dark Knight - $261,847,503 (Fri - $23,232,292) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $256,887,830 (Fri - $21,232,362) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $253,686,504 (Fri - $31,570,448) 7) The Dark Knight Rises - $242,745,904 (Fri - $17,734,545) 8) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $240,671,184 (Fri - $14,554,115) 9) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $239,380,350 (Wed - $10,939,131) 10) Iron Man 3 - $232,134,916 (Fri - $19,713,832) 40) Avatar - $160,189,097 (Fri - $23,095,046) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets the record to $400 million by hitting the highly sought number in only 8 days, besting the old record by 2 days! · Star Wars: The Force Awakens extends its lead over Jurassic World to over $115 million!

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 7 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $391,051,329 (EST Thu - $27,591,000) 2) Jurassic World – $296,211,655 (Thu - $17,822,580) 3) Marvel’s The Avengers - $270,019,373 (Thu - $12,391,566) 4) The Dark Knight - $238,611,000 (Thu - $16,464,405) 5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $235,655,468 (Thu - $8,613,154) 6) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $228,441,219 (Tue - $13,510,024) 7) Harry Potter 7b: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $226,117,069 (Thu - $11,229,178) 8) The Dark Knight Rises - $225,011,359 (Thu - $13,202,371) 9) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $222,116,056 (Thu - $14,951,629) 10) Iron Man 3 - $212,421,084 (Thu - $7,609,602) 47) Avatar - $137,094,051 (Thu - $11,150,998)

Thanks narniadis, I will be starting the chart again on Friday, after we have a full week of numbers. I will continue it until at least Presidents' Day, maybe longer if that is what is needed for it to reach $1 billion.

No doubt, out.

Yoda: Agree with this I do. Kylo Ren many years training he had. Lightsaber, Finn/Rey never wielded before. Force is strong with this one ---> Rey.

Watched it last night at 7pm at AMC Mercado in Santa Clara. Private screening so was not 100% full. 7-7.5/10 good-very good movie, couple gripes were the scale of the battles, only sending 12-15 XWing fighters (which constitutes half the fleet?!) to take out Starkiller base, and only sending 1 pilot to pick up such important information? A few random thoughts: Lots of scenes seem out of the ANH palybook. Han Solo was great in the movie, Leia does not move lips, loved the chemistry between the new characters (esp Rey, Finn and Poe, even BB-8). I would have taken the 60 rations, wonder how she had such a quick attachment to the droid, like not selling that helpless Dodo bird you found wandering the streets, a rare find and worth a pretty penny, but you know it would be poked at and prodded. Luke needs to run up and down the stairs a little more. Never seen a blaster fire stopped in mid-air, only deflected before, and need not even concentrate to do so. Having said all that above, would probably watch again in theaters at least 2 maybe 3 more times.

Yes, Kylo has to be Leia's son if Darth Vader is his grandfather (seeing that Luke is not his father).

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 13 1) Jurassic World – $436,936,980 (Wed - $9,440,200) 2) Marvel’s The Avengers - $395,813,047 (Wed - $6,339,757) 3) The Dark Knight - $342,684,300 (Wed - $8,755,141) 4) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $329,133,743 (Wed - $4,342,154) 5) The Dark Knight Rises - $311,379,297 (Wed - $7,333,325) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $306,725,979 (Wed - $3,017,817) 14) The Hunger Games - $262,939,407 (Wed - $4,608,765) 15) Furious 7 - $262,437,800 (Wed - $2,917,550) 25) Despicable Me 2 - $234,021,005 (Mon - $5,644,230) 26) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - $233,808,937 (Wed - $2,332,453) 45) Star Wars 1: TPM - $207,099,058 (Mon - $15,504,435) 46) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - $206,380,154 (Wed - $2,186,352) 47) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $204,853,416 (Tue - $3,543,646) Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 14 1) Jurassic World – $445,840,805 (Thu - $8,903,825) 2) Marvel’s The Avengers - $402,021,415 (Thu - $6,208,368) 3) The Dark Knight - $351,086,846 (Thu - $8,402,546) 4) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $333,170,808 (Thu - $4,037,065) 5) The Dark Knight Rises - $318,197,764 (Thu - $6,818,467) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $309,664,956 (Thu - $2,938,977) 14) The Hunger Games - $269,339,165 (Thu - $6,399,758) 15) Spiderman 2 - $267,638,277 (Tue - $5,432,683) 27) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - $236,126,831 (Thu - $2,317,894) 28) Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End - $232,297,818 (Thu - $3,327,937) 45) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $209,388,580 (Thu - $1,844,460) 46) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - $208,512,000 (Thu - $2,131,846) 47) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $208,049,699 (Wed - $3,196,283)

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 12 1) Jurassic World – $427,496,780 (Tue - $13,130,460) 2) Marvel’s The Avengers - $389,473,290 (Tue - $8,477,854) 3) The Dark Knight - $333,929,159 (Tue - $9,629,366) 4) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $324,791,589 (Tue - $5,990,413) 5) The Dark Knight Rises - $304,045,972 (Tue - $8,773,116) 6) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $303,708,162 (Tue - $4,009,955) 14) The Hunger Games - $258,330,642 (Tue - $5,324,246) 24) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - $231,476,484 (Tue - $3,160,145) 25) Minions - $229,562,000 (Tue - $8,018,460) 43) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - $204,193,802 (Tue - $3,102,455) 44) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $201,309,770 (Mon - $12,123,417) 45) Inside Out - $200,844,477 (Tue - $8,783,438)

Yes, Hunger Games is just the appetizer for the main course (TFA). Hopefully, another movie will also rise to surprise and be the dessert.

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 11 1) Jurassic World – $414,366,320 (Mon - $11,566,225) 2) Marvel’s The Avengers - $380,995,436 (Mon - $7,923,789) 3) The Dark Knight - $324,299,793 (Mon - $10,518,116) 4) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $318,801,176 (Mon - $5,398,779) 5) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $299,698,207 (Mon - $3,402,550) 12) Furious 7 - $255,156,380 (Mon - $3,639,980) 13) The Hunger Games - $253,006,396 (Mon - $4,522,495) 20) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 - $229,919,176 (Mon - $2,533,058) 21) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - $228,316,339 (Mon - $2,635,435) 22) Spiderman - $228,251,280 (Mon - $5,211,249) 39) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - $201,091,347 (Mon - $2,546,218) 40) The Matrix: Reloaded - $ 200,773,759 (Sun - $12,128,245)