Wednesday 6th, 2016 | SW 7 $6.2M = $764.4 = Officially #1 | DH 1.54 | H8 1.44 | Sisters 1.16 | BigShort 869k | Joy 855k | p.7 chart

[JonathanLB]

It's great to see that list of the films that have held #1, but as was mentioned the glaring flaw there is Jurassic Park at no point was the highest grossing movie ever made in North America. E.T. was #1 from, as I understand, 1983 (it didn't reach #1 in its release year, did it?) or late 1982 until 1997 when Star Wars re-claimed the crown, then in 1998 Titanic took that crown. There was no Jurassic Park anywhere to be found. It was a nice try on that movie's part, but E.T. and Star Wars saw enough re-releases to make sure that wasn't happening.

[TalismanRing]

4 minutes ago, Darth Rallax said:

 

Not only is it the first sequel on the list, it's the first movie to break the opening weekend record and then go on to become the domestic champ since Jaws.  And let's face it that was so long ago it may as well not count.  

 

Jaws doing both was maybe a bit more impressive with it near 37 multiplier.

[RichWS]

16 minutes ago, lilmac said:

Sisters has an outside chance at $100m

 

My mother sure loved it. John Cena kills it, but I thought it was pretty disappointing considering how much I love Tina and Amy. 

[Daxtreme]

9 minutes ago, 75live said:

Rey....make it rain

 

 

 

 

Daisy Ridley currently has an average of $760 Million per feature film.

 

Pretty good! Most bankable star so far. 

[terrestrial]

BO.com's comment(or better said: look who wrote it  )

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Officially Dethrones 'Avatar' for #1 on the All-Time Domestic Chart; How High Will It Go?

on January 07, 2016

By Shawn Robbins

Chewy, they're home.

The inevitable has finally happened, and we officially have a new all-time domestic king of the hill. Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Force Awakens took in $6.2 million on Wednesday, overtaking Avatar's $760.5 million lifetime domestic gross and ending director James Cameron's near 18-year reign in the top spot on the all-time chart.

With $764.4 million earned in just 20 days of release, the speed with which J.J. Abrams' franchise revival has achieved this feat is nothing short of remarkable. By comparison, the film stands a stunning 47 percent ahead of where Jurassic World was at during the same point in its release.

Of course, this isn't the first time a Star Wars movie has laid claim to the castle. Before Avatar, Cameron's Titanic held the spot for nearly 12 years -- a movie that took the throne from the original Star Wars: A New Hope, which had reclaimed #1 briefly thanks to the 1997 Special Edition re-release. Before that, E.T. stood as the all-time champ for almost 14 years -- a title it took in early 1983 from 1977's original Star Wars itself.

Among the many records set by The Force Awakens, it's bound to become the first movie in history to ever reach $800 million total in North America as it eyes a fourth consecutive first place finish this coming weekend. It even has a chance to best Avatar's record $50.3 million for the best fourth weekend gross by any movie in history (although that will be a close race to watch in the days ahead).

On its current trajectory, The Force Awakens won't stop anytime soon. It seems a relatively safe bet at this point that the blockbuster phenomenon will eventually be the first to crack $900 million domestically by the end of its run. Optimistically higher projections are still on the table, but it remains to be seen how strongly the film performs in its first post-holiday weekend ahead. After that, we may have a better idea of just how high the picture will go in the end.

In other news yesterday, Daddy's Home retained second place with $1.55 million as it inched closer to the $100 million threshold. With $99.8 million in the bank so far, it continues to outpace The Other Guys at the same point in release.

Meanwhile, The Hateful Eight posted $1.44 million as it rounded out the top three, giving it an overall total of $33.8 million thus far.

 

http://pro.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2016-01-07-star-wars-the-force-awakens-officially-dethrones-avatar-for-1-on-the-all-time-domestic-chart-how-high-will-it-go

 

 

 

Edited January 7, 2016 by terrestrial
forgot the link

[Daxtreme]

Concerning this week-end, one bad drop doesn't mean the end for the remainder of the run.

 

For example, ROTK dropped 50% on its 4th week-end Jan 10-11. On its subsequent week-ends? 28.1%, 33.6%, 21.7%, 19.2%, 2.5%, 31.9%, and 23.7%.

 

Might have something to do with oscar nominations  Wins aren't until late february so, no impact here.

[terrestrial]

12 minutes ago, Daxtreme said:

Daisy Ridley currently has an average of $760 Million per feature film.

 

Pretty good! Most bankable star so far. 

Haha, you are right i think

 

Daisy Ridley

Date	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Rank
12/18/15	Star Wars 7	BV	$764,408,684	4,134	$247,966,675	4,134	1

Lifetime Gross Total (1): $758,198,252
Average: $758,198,252
Opening Gross Average (1): $247,966,675 (Wide Releases Only)

[RichWS]

Waiting for the powerful Anthology film "Chewy or Chewie" that explores Chewbacca's battle with bipolar disorder. addiction and reconnecting with his family. 

[MovieMan89]

1 minute ago, RichWS said:

Waiting for the powerful Anthology film "Chewy or Chewie" that explores Chewbacca's battle with bipolar disorder. addiction and reconnecting with his family. 

Will it be pseudo-narrated by Bela Lugosi's ghost? 

[spazz91]

She won't have to ever do anything else after VIII and IX. Gonna be hard to top that trilogy in a portfolio.

[Ozymandias]

5 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

Haha, you are right i think

 

Daisy Ridley

Date	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Rank
12/18/15	Star Wars 7	BV	$764,408,684	4,134	$247,966,675	4,134	1

Lifetime Gross Total (1): $758,198,252
Average: $758,198,252
Opening Gross Average (1): $247,966,675 (Wide Releases Only)

 

 

Nerds can officially start talking about a "Queen".  That Katniss stuff never came close.

[Dark 33Legend of the Sith]

On the downside, Star Wars AVERAGE per day gross is plummeting.  It now averages only $38 million per day through 20 days.

Edited January 7, 2016 by Dark 33Legend of the Sith

[filmlover]

Daisy Ridley and Keira Knightley need to do a movie together. 

[John Harris]

23 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

It's great to see that list of the films that have held #1, but as was mentioned the glaring flaw there is Jurassic Park at no point was the highest grossing movie ever made in North America. E.T. was #1 from, as I understand, 1983 (it didn't reach #1 in its release year, did it?) or late 1982 until 1997 when Star Wars re-claimed the crown, then in 1998 Titanic took that crown. There was no Jurassic Park anywhere to be found. It was a nice try on that movie's part, but E.T. and Star Wars saw enough re-releases to make sure that wasn't happening.

 

Oops, I stand corrected! I believe JP did hold the top worldwide spot until Titanic (or Star Wars) overtook it...? But, yeah, JP never held the DOM title - my mistake.

[RichWS]

2 minutes ago, spazz91 said:

She won't have to ever do anything else after VIII and IX. Gonna be hard to top that trilogy in a portfolio.

 

Mark Hamill nods in agreement. 

[passerby]

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

That is the list I have seen as well. Kind of amazing we are only on our 11th after a century. The record really isn't broken that often.

 

Also note all were nommed for BP except Jurassic Park (Birth of a Nation doesn't count since Oscars weren't around). Keeping the hope alive JP remains the only exception. 

 

Also crazy that a couple of directors have multiple films on the list.

[WrathOfHan]

4 minutes ago, RichWS said:

 

Mark Hamill nods in agreement. 

Actor (280 credits)

 

You were saying?

[RichWS]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

Actor (280 credits)

 

You were saying?

 

In the '80's, he publicly complained about the lack of roles coming his way despite Star Wars. He's certainly developed a very nice niche for himself since then. All I'm saying is being a major star of this franchise doesn't guarantee a major career. Other than Christensen, the other stars of the prequels already had nice careers going.

[JonathanLB]

12 minutes ago, John Harris said:

 

Oops, I stand corrected! I believe JP did hold the top worldwide spot until Titanic (or Star Wars) overtook it...? But, yeah, JP never held the DOM title - my mistake.

 

Yeah you're totally right, Jurassic World claimed the worldwide throne on its first release. Definitely pretty impressive, it was perhaps the beginning of that worldwide box office trend where movies can make increasingly large sums overseas. And here we are today where that's the norm.

[TalismanRing]

21 minutes ago, RichWS said:

Waiting for the powerful Anthology film "Chewy or Chewie" that explores Chewbacca's battle with bipolar disorder. addiction and reconnecting with his family. 

 

 

He had his chance