Just days after becoming the highest-grossing film in North American box office history, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has reached another milestone.
The latest installment in the franchise has become the first to gross more than $800m in the United States and Canada, and there’s still time to improve on the total.
Its current total of $812m can be expected to reach double the lifetime total of the first Star Wars film, which grossed more than $212m initially, rising to more than $460m.
Can it top the billion dollar mark in North America? We wouldn’t rule it out.
Top 10 highest grossing films at the North American box office (lifetime)
- Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – $812,011,043
- Avatar – $760,507,625
- Titanic – $658,672,302
- Jurassic World – $652,270,625
- Marvel’s The Avengers – $623,357,910
- The Dark Knight – $534,858,444
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – $474,544,677
- Star Wars – $460,998,007
- Avengers: Age of Ultron – $459,005,868
- The Dark Knight Rises – $448,139,099
*Source: Box Office Mojo
