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With the largest second weekend of all-time, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now grossed more than $544 million domestically and another $546 million internationally, totaling over $1 billion ($1.09B) in worldwide ticket sales and became the fastest movie ever to hit $1 billion at the global box office.
In just twelve days Star Wars: The Force Awakens has vaporized just about every box office record on the books.
This weekend alone, The Force Awakens secured the biggest Christmas Day of all time, raking in $49.3 million and more than doubling Sherlock Holmes’ 2009 record of $24.6 million. It also surpassed The Dark Knight to become the fifth biggest domestic movie of all time. Even more impressively, The Force Awakens crossed $500 million domestically in only 10 days, shattering Jurassic World’s 17-day record. Thanks to Star Wars’ success, this is officially the biggest Christmas weekend in box office history and the film is showing no signs of slowing down!