Star Wars: The Force Awakens is breaking every record it can at the box office this week. The Hollywood Reporter writes that the film has pulled in north of $300 million in the five days since its debut in North America. That’s the fastest any movie has reached that milestone in cinema history, shattering the previous eight-day record set by Jurassic World earlier this year.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now the fastest film to make $300 million
That isn’t the only record Episode VII broke in the last few days. Numbers came in this morning showing the film earned $40.1 million on Monday, crushing the previous record set by Spider-Man 2, which earned $27.7 million on its first Monday in theaters. And that’s after making the biggest global debut ever, earning $528 million over the weekend. At this point, there’s really no stopping this juggernaut from hoovering up what’s left of the world’s money.
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