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10th Jan 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has set yet another box office record

Tom Victor

Just days after becoming the highest-grossing film in North American box office historyStar Wars: The Force Awakens has reached another milestone.

The latest installment in the franchise has become the first to gross more than $800m in the United States and Canada, and there’s still time to improve on the total.

Its current total of $812m can be expected to reach double the lifetime total of the first Star Wars film, which grossed more than $212m initially, rising to more than $460m.

Can it top the billion dollar mark in North America? We wouldn’t rule it out.

Top 10 highest grossing films at the North American box office (lifetime)

  1. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – $812,011,043
  2. Avatar – $760,507,625
  3. Titanic – $658,672,302
  4. Jurassic World – $652,270,625
  5. Marvel’s The Avengers – $623,357,910
  6. The Dark Knight – $534,858,444
  7. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – $474,544,677
  8. Star Wars – $460,998,007
  9. Avengers: Age of Ultron – $459,005,868
  10. The Dark Knight Rises – $448,139,099

*Source: Box Office Mojo