Star Wars movie set for box office record

Moving at lightning speed, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is poised to overtake Avatar as the top grossing film in U.S. box office history

TOP TEN HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIES OF ALL TIME ($ millions)

Weeks in cinemas
$0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000

Avatar (2009) 
760.5 
2,788.0
34 

Titanic (1997) 
658.7 
2,186.8
41

Jurassic World (2015)
652.3
1,669.0
23

Marvel’s The
Avengers (2012)
623.4
1,519.6
22

Furious 7 (2015)
353.0
1,515.0
11

Star Wars: The Force
Awakens (2015/16) *
740.3
1,510.8
3

Avengers: Age
of Ultron (2015)
459.0
1,405.0
23

Harry Potter: Deathly
Hallows Part 2 (2011)
381.0
1,341.5
19

Frozen (2013)
400.7
1,276.5
34

Iron Man 3 (2013)
409.7
1,215.4
19

Villain Kylo Ren

U.S. box office

Worldwide box office (including U.S.)

Movie franchises owned by Disney (ears emblem © Disney) 

*Star Wars opens in China, world's second biggest movie market, on Jan 9, 2016

Sources: Box Office Mojo, wire agencies
Picture: © Lucasfilm Ltd