Originally published December 23, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already shattered a host of box office records, including the biggest opening weekend of all time, with the film currently sitting on $610 million worldwide after just a few days on release.
But will it have enough in the tank to smash the record, overtaking the $2.78 billion haul of James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing movie of all time? Well, senior Rentrak analyst Paul Dergarabedian seems to think so, suggesting to The Wrap that it could become the first movie to pass $3 billion in global receipts.
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“Are we looking at the first $3 billion movie ever? If any film can do it, it’s this one. I could certainly see it landing north of $200 million this weekend. This is all uncharted territory, but you look at what Avatar and Titanic did in their second weekends and you have to think, why not? This was a unique situation with so many people wanting it to be better than the prequels, and it delivered, and these numbers were the result. I don’t see anything topping this, not even Star Wars: Episode VIII.”
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Star Wars: The Force Awakenssees J.J. Abrams directing returning stars Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), in addition to Adam Driver (Girls), Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year), Andy Serkis (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), John Boyega (Attack the Block), Daisy Ridley (Silent Witness), Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Ken Leung (Lost), Miltos Yerolemou (Game of Thrones), Max von Sydow (The Exorcist), Jessica Henwick (Spirit Warriors), Christina Chong (24: Live Another Day), Simon Pegg (Star Trek) and newcomers Crystal Clarke and Pip Andersen.
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