Star Wars highest earning

movie of all time

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has overtaken Avatar as the top grossing film in U.S. box office history, according to Disney

TOP TEN HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIES OF ALL TIME

($ millions)

$0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

(2009)

Avatar

760.5

2,788.0

34

Weeks in

cinemas

Titanic

(1997)

658.7

2,186.8

41

Jurassic World

(2015)

652.3

1,669.0

23

Star Wars: The Force

760.5+

1,557.3

3

(2015/16)*

Awakens

Marvel’s The

623.4

1,519.6

22

Avengers

(2012)

Furious 7

(2015)

353.0

1,515.0

11

Avengers: Age

459.0

1,405.0

23

of Ultron

(2015)

Harry Potter: Deathly

1,341.5

381.0

19

Hallows Part 2

(2011)

Frozen

(2013)

400.7

1,276.5

34

Iron Man 3

(2013)

409.7

1,215.4

19

Villain Kylo Ren

Worldwide box office (including U.S.)

U.S. box office

Movie franchises owned by Disney (ears emblem © Disney)

*Star Wars opens in China, world's second biggest movie market, on Jan 9, 2016

Sources: Box Office Mojo, wire agencies

Picture: © Lucasfilm Ltd

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