Tuesday : TFA $7,967,428 #ED was Asleep at the Wheel(He's sicky-poo)

[incognitoo]

21 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Beating Avatar in 20 days. Just insane. What was previously the shortest time that a movie it took to break the all time dom record? (Am sure this question can be worded in a better way. Feel free to do so.)

Titanic -> ET first run 58 days

Titanic -> ET whole run 78 days

Avatar -> Titanic first run 50 days

Avatar -> Titanic whole run 59 days

 

as for movies before that (SW, Jaws, ET, ect) I could not find respective numbers at BOM. Sorry.

[terrestrial]

1 minute ago, dignam said:

How safe is avatars ww gross?

very

[MovieGuyKyle17]

http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wars-the-force-awakens-highest-grossing-film-domestic-box-office-record-beats-avatar-1201676602/

When does Force Awakens finally slow down? Not for a while. Industry projections believe Episode VII will start losing theaters closer to the MLK holiday; that that frame’s opener Ride Along 2 will finally seize No. 1 away from Force Awakens with a four-day estimated take of $50M-plus.

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, dignam said:

 

Damn. That WW number is so unreal. So even one of the most beloved franchise couldnt beat avatar as the WW king, so what do you guys think. How safe is avatars ww gross?

 

It won't come near Avatar WW and if China has the muted opening that it's pre-sales indicate then Titanic might be out of reach as well.

[terrestrial]

Some random tweets....

 

Deadline Hollywood ‏@Deadline

WGA Awards: ‘Steve Jobs’, ‘Trainwreck’, ‘Spotlight’ Among Nominees http://deadline.com/2016/01/wga-awards-nominations-2016-full-list-1201676649/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

 

Deadline Hollywood ‏@Deadline

@netflix launches in 130 countries including Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea http://ow.ly/WIgrX 

Deadline Hollywood ‏@Deadline

Why the Saudi Arabia-Iran crisis could be good news for @netflix http://ow.ly/WIh1P 

Deadline Hollywood ‏@Deadline

History orders ‘Knightfall’ drama series, Jeremy Renner to produce & guest star http://ow.ly/WIha9 

 

 

[dignam]

27 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

very

 

 

I meant in the future. Since even TFA couldn´t come close, is their any other franchise or movie which could beat that number?

[a2k]

9 minutes ago, incognitoo said:

Titanic -> ET first run 58 days

Titanic -> ET whole run 78 days

Avatar -> Titanic first run 50 days

Avatar -> Titanic whole run 59 days

 

as for movies before that (SW, Jaws, ET, ect) I could not find respective numbers at BOM. Sorry.

 

Thanks! So SW has set an insane record for the speed with which it has overtaken the highest grosser too.

Edited January 6, 2016 by a2knet

[The Panda]

It has done it.  Star Wars has officially beaten Avatar.  It was obviously going to happen, but it still feels like a dream.

[kayumanggi]

8 minutes ago, dignam said:

 

Damn. That WW number is so unreal. So even one of the most beloved franchise couldnt beat avatar as the WW king, so what do you guys think. How safe is avatars ww gross?

 

What is crazier is that it was not a sequel or a known brand.

[terrestrial]

DL's record list

 

Box Office Records Broken By ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – The List

Here is a list of box office records that Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken as of January 6:

Fastest highest-grossing film at domestic B.O.: 20 days (beats Avatar‘s $760.5M)

Fastest to $700M at domestic B.O.: 16 days (crossed January 2)

Fastest to $600M at domestic B.O.: 12 days (crossed December 29)

Fastest to $500M at domestic B.O.: 10 days (crossed December 27)

Fastest to $400M at domestic B.O.: 8 days (crossed December 25)

Fastest to $300M at domestic B.O.: 5 days (crossed December 22)

Fastest to $200M at domestic B.O.: 3 days (crossed December 20)

Fastest to $100M at domestic B.O.: 21 hours (crossed December 18)

Biggest preview night ever: $57M

Biggest opening day at the domestic B.O.: $119.1M

Biggest opening weekend at the domestic B.O.: $247.97M

Highest per-theater average for a wide debut: $59,982

Best Imax opening: global ($48M) and domestic ($30.1M)

Biggest opening week at the domestic B.O.: $390.85M

Biggest opening weekend at the worldwide B.O.: $528.97M

Biggest domestic Sunday ($60.55M), Monday ($40.1M), Tuesday ($37.3M), Christmas Day ($49.3M) and New Year’s Day ($34.39M)

Biggest second domestic weekend: $149.2M

Biggest third domestic weekend: $90.2M

As of December 30 cume of $629M made it the highest-grossing film domestically in Disney history, surpassing in 13 days the $623.4M gross of Marvel’s The Avengers from 2012.

Pushed the total domestic annual box office to a record $11B on December 29

Fastest to cross $1 billion at global B.O.: 12 days (crossed December 27, beating Jurassic World‘s record of 13 days)

Led biggest total weekend (for all films): $313.3M (December 18-20) 

Led biggest total Christmas weekend (for all films): $296.4M (December 25-27)

Biggest December foreign debut: $281M (beating Avatar’s $164.5M in 2009)

 

http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-records-list-1201676689/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, terrestrial said:

DL's record list

 

Box Office Records Broken By ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – The List

Here is a list of box office records that Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken as of January 6:

Fastest highest-grossing film at domestic B.O.: 20 days (beats Avatar‘s $760.5M)

Fastest to $700M at domestic B.O.: 16 days (crossed January 2)

Fastest to $600M at domestic B.O.: 12 days (crossed December 29)

Fastest to $500M at domestic B.O.: 10 days (crossed December 27)

Fastest to $400M at domestic B.O.: 8 days (crossed December 25)

Fastest to $300M at domestic B.O.: 5 days (crossed December 22)

Fastest to $200M at domestic B.O.: 3 days (crossed December 20)

Fastest to $100M at domestic B.O.: 21 hours (crossed December 18)

Biggest preview night ever: $57M

Biggest opening day at the domestic B.O.: $119.1M

Biggest opening weekend at the domestic B.O.: $247.97M

Highest per-theater average for a wide debut: $59,982

Best Imax opening: global ($48M) and domestic ($30.1M)

Biggest opening week at the domestic B.O.: $390.85M

Biggest opening weekend at the worldwide B.O.: $528.97M

Biggest domestic Sunday ($60.55M), Monday ($40.1M), Tuesday ($37.3M), Christmas Day ($49.3M) and New Year’s Day ($34.39M)

Biggest second domestic weekend: $149.2M

Biggest third domestic weekend: $90.2M

As of December 30 cume of $629M made it the highest-grossing film domestically in Disney history, surpassing in 13 days the $623.4M gross of Marvel’s The Avengers from 2012.

Pushed the total domestic annual box office to a record $11B on December 29

Fastest to cross $1 billion at global B.O.: 12 days (crossed December 27, beating Jurassic World‘s record of 13 days)

Led biggest total weekend (for all films): $313.3M (December 18-20) 

Led biggest total Christmas weekend (for all films): $296.4M (December 25-27)

Biggest December foreign debut: $281M (beating Avatar’s $164.5M in 2009)

 

http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-records-list-1201676689/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Has Star Wars set the record for setting the most records in a single B.O. run?

[kayumanggi]

1 minute ago, terrestrial said:

DL's record list

 

Box Office Records Broken By ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – The List

Here is a list of box office records that Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken as of January 6:

Fastest highest-grossing film at domestic B.O.: 20 days (beats Avatar‘s $760.5M)

Fastest to $700M at domestic B.O.: 16 days (crossed January 2)

Fastest to $600M at domestic B.O.: 12 days (crossed December 29)

Fastest to $500M at domestic B.O.: 10 days (crossed December 27)

Fastest to $400M at domestic B.O.: 8 days (crossed December 25)

Fastest to $300M at domestic B.O.: 5 days (crossed December 22)

Fastest to $200M at domestic B.O.: 3 days (crossed December 20)

Fastest to $100M at domestic B.O.: 21 hours (crossed December 18)

Biggest preview night ever: $57M

Biggest opening day at the domestic B.O.: $119.1M

Biggest opening weekend at the domestic B.O.: $247.97M

Highest per-theater average for a wide debut: $59,982

Best Imax opening: global ($48M) and domestic ($30.1M)

Biggest opening week at the domestic B.O.: $390.85M

Biggest opening weekend at the worldwide B.O.: $528.97M

Biggest domestic Sunday ($60.55M), Monday ($40.1M), Tuesday ($37.3M), Christmas Day ($49.3M) and New Year’s Day ($34.39M)

Biggest second domestic weekend: $149.2M

Biggest third domestic weekend: $90.2M

As of December 30 cume of $629M made it the highest-grossing film domestically in Disney history, surpassing in 13 days the $623.4M gross of Marvel’s The Avengers from 2012.

Pushed the total domestic annual box office to a record $11B on December 29

Fastest to cross $1 billion at global B.O.: 12 days (crossed December 27, beating Jurassic World‘s record of 13 days)

Led biggest total weekend (for all films): $313.3M (December 18-20) 

Led biggest total Christmas weekend (for all films): $296.4M (December 25-27)

Biggest December foreign debut: $281M (beating Avatar’s $164.5M in 2009)

 

http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-records-list-1201676689/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Most tickets sold by a Disney film. (coming soon) ^^

[JohnnyGossamer]

3 minutes ago, druv10 Maul said:

As long as exchange rates suck, it's OS and WW gross are safe including from future Avatar sequels.

Does that imply that The Force Awakens may very well sell more tickets than Avatar globally but fall short purely because of the current exchange rates? Just curious...

[hw64]

3 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Does that imply that The Force Awakens may very well sell more tickets than Avatar globally but fall short purely because of the current exchange rates? Just curious...

 

No, it won't sell more tickets globally either.

[e1828]

32 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Beating Avatar in 20 days. Just insane. What was previously the shortest time that a movie it took to break the all time dom record? (Am sure this question can be worded in a better way. Feel free to do so.)

 

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).

[Elessar]

3 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Does that imply that The Force Awakens may very well sell more tickets than Avatar globally but fall short purely because of the current exchange rates? Just curious...

 

It's not selling more tickets worldwide.

[terrestrial]

12 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Has Star Wars set the record for setting the most records in a single B.O. run?

haven't checked, but Avatar, .... too should have broken a lot too, I think it's especially the speed

E.g. how many days let's say $20m+ = got broken at their time, but now again for more days

 

3 minutes ago, misafeco said:

Which one has a bigger impact, ER or inflation in general?

I think there is no in general answer to that, as ER included means WW = too varying in too many regions since the start of cinema.

 

 

Pamela McClintock ‏@PamelaDayM

#TheForceAwakens conquers 'Avatar' in just 20 days. It took 'Avatar' more than 7 mos & 1 rerelease get to same gross

 

 

[Daxtreme]

6 minutes ago, Jayhawk the Hutt said:

Another Avatar vs. SW argument....

 

 

in all seriousness though, 20 days... holy crap

Edited January 6, 2016 by Daxtreme

[IronJimbo]

2 minutes ago, Daxtreme said:

 

 

in all seriousness though, 20 days... holy crap

 

Haven't blockbusters on average made 75% of their gross by 20 days?

[JohnnyGossamer]

Given today is the day VII passed Avatar DOM, I'm not certain why it's problem that users debate the totals of both while also discussing Force Awakens' Tuesday number, projected Wedneday number, etc.