“Star Wars” rockets to record $33 million box office opening in China

It should be able to end its run at around $60 million to $65 million, which would make it Tarantino’s lowest grosser since Jackie Brown’s $39.7 million total take in 1997. To date, the film has grossed $921.4 million overseas, including the record-breaking $53 million in China over its odd two-day opening weekend.

A Force Awakens is still a major hit at the box office, plans are already in place to start work on the next movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a prequel to the 1977 original. While that may seem like a lot, it’s weak when compared to films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron which opened to $155 million a year ago. Age of Ultron finished with 240.1 million from China, being a large portion of the total oversees amount, $946 million. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens“, $41.6 million ($104.3 million international). 2. It went on to gross $390.9 million in China, just over a quarter of its total earnings.

If “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” earns more than $390 million in China, it would become the highest-grossing Hollywood film ever released in the country.

Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell comedy Daddy’s Home is at three, while horror film The Forest is new at four, and Amy Poehler and Tina Fey’s Sisters rounds out the new top five at five. More recently, many noticed that Rey was not one of the figures that were part of a multi-generational Star Wars Monopoly set, leading Hasbro to decide to add her later this year.

The new Leonardo DiCaprio revenge movie “The Revenant” enjoyed much stronger-than-expected business at the box office as the brutal epic expanded nationwide, though it couldn’t quite top “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. So far, Inarritu’s tale has brought in $39.6 million domestically. In the USA, 70% of the audience polled Friday night by CinemaScore said they turned out because of Mr. DiCaprio in the staring role.

As for the huge box office returns for the movie? The film should finish up with about $90 million in the U.S. and is unlikely to make back its $90 million budget at this point. In the next few weeks it should also top the $1.16 global gross by Furious 7 to claim number 1 on all three 2015 charts.