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Forbes: "We underestimated Star Wars", grosses 1B+ overseas
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Falling from the weekend top spot for the first time since its December 18 release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought in an estimated $25.1 million for the three-day weekend and is looking at $31 million for the four-day as its domestic cume has now grown to $856.9 million. Meanwhile, it has become the fifth highest grossing release internationally and only the fifth film to bring in over $1 billion from overseas territories. It's international cume has now grown to $1.012 billion, resulting in over $1.8 billion worldwide. It currently sits only $4.1 million shy of Jurassic World's overseas gross and will soon top Furious 7's $1.16 billion for third place on the list.
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Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $856,944,841 45.8%
+ Foreign: $1,012,600,000 54.2%
= Worldwide: $1,869,544,841
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4146&p=.htm
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"It feels like forever-ago, but it was five Fridays ago where I sat here doing the math to guestimate what a $57 million Thursday preview total would mean for the opening weekend. In the end, I underestimated the opening weekend a bit, and frankly I have underestimated this film from the get-go in terms of domestic strength. The film isn’t just the biggest movie of all time in America, but will likely end up among the ten biggest ticket-sellers of all time, with over 100 million tickets bought in America. It is already the biggest grossing film of all time, when adjusted for inflation, for a film that didn’t get reissued at some point in its run."
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmen...0b4c10322a71d4
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