Batu69 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the fastest film to take $1bn (£674m) at the global box office JJ Abrams' film achieved the feat in 12 days, beating the previous record of 13 days set by Jurassic World in June. But while Jurassic World had the benefit of record takings in China over the period, The Force Awakens has yet to open there. Star Wars also scored the biggest US Christmas Day box office takings in history with $49.3m (£33.2m). The film took $153.5m (£103.5m) in the US in its second weekend, bringing its total domestic haul to $544.6m (£367m). The weekend's other releases included the Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home, which took $35m (£23.6m). The Jennifer Lawrence film Joy - which sees the actress reunite with Silver Linings Playbook director David O Russell for the biopic about the creator of the Miracle Mop - took $17.5m (£11.8m). Point Break, a remake of the 1991 Kathryn Bigelow film starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, flopped however with audiences. The film, which had a reported budget of $105m (£70.8m), took just $10.2m (£6.9m) across 2.910 venues. In limited release, Leonardo DiCaprio's film The Revenant earned $471,000 (£317,000) from four locations, averaging $117,750 (£79,000) per screen. The actor's performance as a wilderness guide abandoned after a savage bear attack, is expected to earn him an Oscar nomination next month. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hey look i int no expert but for me utter trollop to much eye candy and no real substance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerpaul Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 10 hours ago, F3dupsk1Nup said: Hey look i int no expert but for me utter trollop to much eye candy and no real substance Yeah. That's exactly what I was expecting of the new Star Wars. It isn't written or directed by George Lucas so he sold the franchise I heard to Disney? As far as novelty goes, Star Wars is dead, but they'll keep releasing Star Wars movies so long as they can capitalize on them and people will keep watching them for their namesake. If Disney bought Star Wars, then they'll probably keep releasing Star Wars movies forever and they will get ever more distorted and detached from their roots. Eventually, those that have seen the original Saga will gasp and vomit when they see what it has become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavymavy Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 In a recent interview Lucas seems quite peeved that the 'next' Star Wars movie has been such a hit in already making one billion +. I thought this new Star Wars movie was better than 1,2,3 as it didn't look as cgi cartoonish. Not talking about plot or acting just the cgi part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 such hit is only due to the huge amount of people who wanted to see the old team in this latest episode. but most of them were desapointed by the inconsistence of the movie & the dark side not represented by a freakin sith lord! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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