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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ now fourth biggest movie of all time

January 06, 2016

The seventh instalment of the 'Star Wars' saga, 'The Force Awakens', is now the fourth biggest movie of all time. – AFP/Relaxnews pic, January 6, 2016.Taking US$1.54 billion (RM6.78 billion) at the box office since its release on December 18, the seventh episode in the "Star Wars" story has overtaken "Furious 7" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" to become the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time.

As of this week, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is shaking things up in the rankings for all-time global box-office hits. The J.J. Abrams film is still playing in movie theatres, but has already grossed more than the seventh "Fast and Furious" movie, "Furious 7" (US$1.51 billion), and the follow-up to "The Avengers", "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (US$1.52 billion), both of which were also released in 2015.

Another of last year's huge hits, "Jurassic World", is still hanging on to its spot at number three, grossing US$1.67 billion, even if Finn and Rey – the new star characters of the latest "Star Wars" – aren't far behind.

However, "The Force Awakens" is still some way behind record-holders "Titanic" and "Avatar", which remain the world's two highest ever grossing movies, taking US$2.1 billion and US$2.78 billion respectively.

In the US, "The Force Awakens" has edged past James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster. With box-office takings at US$750.2 million, "Star Wars" is now the highest-grossing movie of all time in the US, ahead of "Avatar" with US$749.8 million.

In spite of the film's huge success in the UK (US$146.9 million), the return of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia is yet to match "Skyfall", which remains the UK's highest-grossing movie of all time at US$161 million.

"The Force Awakens" has also proved a hit in Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Russia and Brazil. It's slated for release in China on January 9. – AFP/Relaxnews, January 6, 2016.