Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reaches $1 Billion Internationally.

Star-Wars-7-Ticket-SalesWhile Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has long since proven itself as a smash hit worldwide, it’s just been revealed that the film has made over $1 billion in territories outside of the United States in a little over a month. The good news keeps on rolling from there, so click ahead for your regularly-mandated financial report on this movie.

 

The Force Awakens is estimated to have made about $1,863.7 million so far – or, in layman’s terms, $1.86 billion. That’s right – the movie made more than Titanic did in its entire 1997-1998 run ($1.84 billion), and in about a ninth of the time to boot (287-ish days versus 34 days). That being said, due to the 3-D re-release’s additional $343.6 million gross, James Cameron’s love story/disaster movie still holds the #2 spot (which The Force Awakens is predicted to clear before its run ends). It’s not likely that The Force Awakens will best Avatar‘s spot as the all-time worldwide box office champ, but it’s cleared many of the records set by that movie and Jurassic World regardless. In fact, it looks like it might be able to reach the $2 billion mark slightly faster than Avatar did (which took 45 days) so long as this week and next weekend prove to be lucrative.

 

This happens to be the first weekend that The Force Awakens hasn’t taken the top spot – it came in third place this weekend with an estimated $25.1 million, losing to The Revenant ($29.5 million) and Ride Along 2 ($34 milllion). That being said, The Force Awakens is expected to beat out both movies on Monday’s holiday set in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. Beyond the United States is the recent release of the film in China, and while they haven’t gone as wild over the Star Wars franchise as the rest of us have, the movie is close to reaching $100 million nine days after its opening. While that’s not a record-setting financial achievement, that’s still a good gross for a franchise that hasn’t been big over there – and on the bright side, it’s still the #1 movie there for the second weekend in a row. (On another note, it seems likely that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story might do better when it arrives in the Middle Kingdom, given the presence of Chinese action stars Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen.)

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

26 thoughts on “Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reaches $1 Billion Internationally.

  • January 18, 2016 at 7:19 pm
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    As long as these movies keep being enjoyable and Disney makes enough of a profit to make more, I don’t really care how much money they make seeing that I don’t have shares in the Disney Company.

    • January 18, 2016 at 7:32 pm
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      If you can buy Disney stock – even if it’s just 1 share – I strongly recommend it. You’ll make more than your bank’s interest rate on the dividends alone. Right now is a great time to buy with the stock market affecting share prices across the board. It will recover just like it did from the drop in August.

      • January 18, 2016 at 9:23 pm
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        I’m not so sure that is great advice. I’m not a guy who follows stocks, but when I brought the same idea up to someone who does know a few things. I got an odd reply. The value of the stock does not represent the full value of the share you are buying. Meaning the price of what you purchase may be more than double the value of the share itself. Also just because Star Wars is doing so great doesn’t mean that Disney as a whole is. Look at Sony for instance, the PS4 is selling great, one would think Sony is doing really well because of this… But they are not. I’m not saying don’t buy shares, just make sure you know what you are buying before you do. I’m sure someone who knows about these things in these comments may elaborate more one way or another. Just be careful.

        • January 28, 2016 at 6:39 pm
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          Except Disney doesn’t just do Star Wars; they also do Marvel movies. Disney CEO Bob Iger just announced that they will continue to do movies in both of those worlds pretty much until the end of time. That works for me. Yes, everyone should be cautious when deciding to play the stock market and you should definitely seek advice from a professional before doing so. No one is forcing you or anyone else to buy stock in Disney. But, if you go in with a mental awareness of the risk involved and you are okay with that risk, there isn’t much more you can do. I have a professional financial advisor who reviews my portfolio with me, pointing out areas of risk that need attention. One tip that has served me well: look for stocks with a slow, steady history of both dividends and growth. Disney is just one of those stocks that fits that profile. While yes, everyone is hurting right now, you can’t look at the immediate future. That is where a lot of people lose faith. You have to be able to look long term, such as 10, 20 or more years. Sony is NOT a good comparison to Disney. While Sony has a small part in movie making, that is not it’s core product. They depend on the retail markets and it’s stock history shows that. Over the last 20 years, they have been generally stagnant in terms of growth and had more of a declining performance. Despite that, they have shown some promise as they have had growth 3 years in a row now, with more of drop in the last 6 months of 2015. Take the same 20 year comparison to Disney however and it’s a completely different story. Always do the research first. Every company and every stock has its own story and variables influencing their performance. Right now, the drop in oil is affecting everyone, Disney included. However, that doesn’t mean I’m just going to dump my shares. I can see past that and that’s the discipline one needs to learn. Stay the course and see big the picture.

  • January 18, 2016 at 7:24 pm
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    Fuck a world where more people goes see Ride Along 2 more than TFA, no matter how many weeks the movie is out

    • January 18, 2016 at 8:14 pm
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      It hurts even more when you know that Universal sent out a bunch of free passes to local premieres in the mail to “lucky” randoms. Five for-two passes showed up in my mailbox a few weeks ago. That means that, despite the numerous free tickets, it STILL made enough money to beat Star Wars.

      • January 18, 2016 at 9:12 pm
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        Also above the Revenant, i have no problem with TFA not being #1 anymore, just the movie that took it.

  • January 18, 2016 at 7:41 pm
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    I continue to wonder how Rogue One is going to be received. I wonder if many mainstream will stay away from it. It’s weird living in a world now with yearly Star Wars movies.

    • January 18, 2016 at 9:53 pm
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      People will come to see it. The marketing machine is still in low power mode, that’s all.

  • January 18, 2016 at 7:42 pm
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    Is that adjusted for inflation against Titanic? I’m all for Episode 7 being number 1 and all, but Titanic came out nearly 20 years ago. I wish they would go by ticket sales instead of price. No need to adjust for inflation.

    • January 18, 2016 at 8:03 pm
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      I guess it’s because you don’t really know how many tickets were sold, just the money it made. So you would have to adjust for inflation to get the number of tickets anyway.

    • January 18, 2016 at 8:17 pm
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      It’s not, I think. Adjusted by inflation star wars episode IV holds still 3rd position after gone with the wind and avatar

      • January 18, 2016 at 10:28 pm
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        I think it’s above Avatar.

        • January 19, 2016 at 12:24 am
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          sadly nope, checked on Wikipedia. 🙁

          • January 19, 2016 at 12:45 am
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            Ughhh, you’re right.

          • January 19, 2016 at 7:35 pm
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            No, he’s wrong. Don’t go to Wikipedia. BOM has the most current adjusted for inflation data. Both on AFI dollars and estimated ticket sales ANH is way above Avatar. In fact, there are now 3 SW films that have sold more tickets than Avatar.

          • January 20, 2016 at 2:25 am
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            Hahahaha!! I feel liberated.

    • January 18, 2016 at 9:24 pm
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      Ticket sales are also weird because of the changes in entertainment since GWTW

      • January 18, 2016 at 10:28 pm
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        Exactly. i don’t recall Netflix being around back when GWtW was getting it’s 8 separate re-releases.

    • January 18, 2016 at 9:31 pm
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      It’s not adjusted for inflation. I can guarantee that SWTFA merchandise has sold better than Titanic merchandise, though, so that ought to balance things out.

      – Pomojema

      • January 18, 2016 at 11:15 pm
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        I don’t know, That crappy soundtrack has to be in the top 10 of best selling movie albums somewhere. Maybe more than any SW album other than ANH,

  • January 18, 2016 at 11:14 pm
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    Worst film to be dethroned by but it IS January.

  • January 19, 2016 at 12:11 am
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    Highly doubt Rogue One will be as nearly successful as TFA. As a non-saga movie I’m guessing it’ll have a fraction of the budget. Think a lot of people who enjoyed TFA will feel disappointed with it, not because it’s a bad movie, but simply because it’s not a saga film.

    • January 19, 2016 at 8:28 am
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      I’ve heard that the budget is a lot smaller.

    • January 28, 2016 at 6:44 pm
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      I think the budget for Rogue One is around $120 million while TFA was $200 million. You have to wonder if that $80 million difference will mean more digital effects. The acting should be able to hold up the other end of this though. They have a solid cast for this movie. I’m hoping it will be a gritty military story with decent plot development and story telling. *fingers crossed*

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