Star Wars: The Force Awakens Continues to Break Box Office Records

Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to add feats to its list of box office records and now has the biggest Christmas Eve domestic gross with $27.5 million (roughly Rs. 181.7 crores), defeating previous record holder Avatar which took in $11.2 million (roughly Rs. 72 crores) in 2009.

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The seventh installment of the Star Wars saga also broke the opening week domestic box office record, earning $391.1 million (roughly Rs. 2,585 crores) after seven days in theatres, reported Ace Showbiz.

The film beat out previous record holder Jurassic World, which took in $296.2 million (roughly Rs. 1,957 crores) during its first week at North America box office in May.

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The Star Wars movie is now the 22nd highest domestic grosser of all time. It outpaced Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($381 million - approximately Rs. 2,518 crores), Finding Nemo ($380.8 million - approximately Rs. 2,517 crores) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($380.3 million - approximately Rs. 2,513 crores).

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The Force Awakens, which stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, and Harrison Ford, could earn $35 million-$47 million (roughly Rs. 231 crores - Rs. 310 crores) on Christmas Day, which would easily surpass the $24.6 million (roughly Rs. 162 crores) opening of Sherlock Holmes on December 25, 2009 to nab the biggest Christmas Day revenue of all time.

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So far, the J.J. Abrams-directed movie has earned $422.4 million (roughly Rs. 2,792 crores) overseas and $391 million at domestic box office, pushing its worldwide total to $813.4 million (roughly Rs. 5,376 crores).