Crossing $813 million globally, J.J. Abrams’ reboot has also surpassed the entire global gross of ‘Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones’; a flurry of new movies open on Christmas Day.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens saw its North American cume rise to $391.1 million on Christmas Eve, passing up the $380.3 million earned in 2005 by Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of Sith.
That means J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster has now earned more domestically than both Episode III and Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones ($310.7 million) in less than a week in release, not accounting for inflation. And it’s already surpassed the entire global gross of Attack of the Clones in 2002 ($649.4 million). Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace grossed $430 million domestically in 1999 and $1 billion worldwide.
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