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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 PG-13 2h 18m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Walt Disney Studios

Every generation has a story.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Box Office

Opening Weekend
$248.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$936.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$2.1B
$1.1B international
Domestic Legs3.78x
Budget$533.2M
2015 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 18-20 1 $247.97M $247.97M 4,134 $60.0K 1
Dec 25-27 1 $149.20M -39.8% $540.06M 4,134 $36.1K 2
Jan 1-3 1 $90.24M -39.5% $742.21M 4,134 $21.8K 3
Jan 8-10 1 $42.35M -53.1% $812.73M 4,134 $10.2K 4
Jan 15-17 3 $26.34M -37.8% $852.27M 3,822 $6.9K 5
Jan 22-24 2 $14.08M -46.6% $879.11M 3,365 $4.2K 6
Jan 29-31 3 $11.12M -21.0% $895.76M 2,556 $4.3K 7
Feb 5-7 3 $6.97M -37.3% $906.04M 2,262 $3.1K 8
Feb 12-14 7 $6.16M -11.7% $914.80M 1,810 $3.4K 9
Feb 19-21 8 $3.91M -36.6% $921.71M 1,618 $2.4K 10
Feb 26-28 11 $2.99M -23.6% $925.99M 1,433 $2.1K 11
Mar 4-6 13 $1.86M -37.6% $928.84M 1,021 $1.8K 12
Mar 11-13 14 $1.30M -30.4% $930.76M 760 $1.7K 13
Mar 18-20 17 $966K -25.6% $932.32M 568 $1.7K 14
Mar 25-27 13 $816K -15.5% $933.67M 552 $1.5K 15
Apr 1-3 15 $682K -16.5% $934.90M 462 $1.5K 16
Apr 8-10 19 $379K -44.4% $935.53M 346 $1.1K 17
Apr 15-17 24 $190K -49.8% $935.83M 260 $731 18
Apr 22-24 28 $154K -19.0% $936.06M 208 $740 19
May 6-8 33 $107K -30.4% $936.39M 117 $916 20
May 13-15 34 $102K -4.4% $936.52M 78 $1.3K 21
May 20-22 34 $87K -14.8% $936.63M 58 $1.5K 22
May 27-29 44 $17K -80.8% $936.66M 20 $838 23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJ.J. Abrams
ScreenplayLawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt
StarringDaisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford
StudioWalt Disney Studios
Produced byKathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk

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Box Office Comparisons

All-Time Records The Force Awakens vs Endgame vs No Way Home vs Avatar The four biggest domestic runs ever — $936.7M, $858.4M, $814.8M and $785.2M — raced day by day. Box Office Comparison Avengers: Endgame vs Spider-Man: No Way Home vs Avengers: Infinity War vs Star Wars: The Force Awakens The four biggest opening weekends in box office history, compared day by day from their record launches. Battle for the All-Time Crown Brand New Day vs The Force Awakens The biggest opening weekend ever against the biggest domestic run ever — Brand New Day’s $360.1M debut measured against The Force Awakens’ $936.7M final, day by day. Chasing The Crown Brand New Day vs the top 3 all-time A $360M opening against the three biggest domestic runs ever — The Force Awakens’ $936.7M, Endgame’s $858.4M and No Way Home’s $804.8M. Complete Trilogy The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy The Force Awakens’ record launch and the decay curve that followed.
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