The UK’s biggest ever film is… Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Big Short did not do much moving around on the list (remaining in seventh), but an estimated $6.3 million brought it up to $42.9 million against $28 million in costs.

“The Revenant” expanded well this weekend to help offset concerns about its bloated, troubled-production budget, yet still couldn’t topple the indomitable “Force”.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens had some competition this weekend, but it won its fourth weekend at the box office.

J.J. Abrams-directed Force Awakens has already surpassed Avatar to rank as the highest-grossing film ever in North America, not accounting for inflation.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest episode of the legendary science-fiction movie series, earned more than $33 million in its Saturday debut in China, ranking third in history only after Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron.

A record-breaking opening in China last week has made a huge contribution to the global success of Star Wars, which made $53m (£36m) in its debut weekend, described as “spectacular” by Disney’s executive vice-president Dave Hollis.

“The Revenant”, which won Golden Globe Awards Sunday for best drama, best director and best actor in a drama for Leonardo DiCaprio, collected $39.8 million over the weekend.

This weekend, Force Awakens will also sail past the $1.669 billion grossed worldwide by Jurassic World to become the No. 3 movie of all time behind Avatar ($2.78 billion) and Titanic ($2.19 billion), not accounting for inflation. During its weekend in Germany, it grossed $7.3 million, taking its total money made in Germany to $92.8 million.

This was the third week “The Revenant” has been in North American movie theaters, but only its first week in wide release. Right now it is looking like at least $120 million in the United States and perhaps more; overseas grosses should make it a profitable investment for Fox. The film is still sitting atop the box office charts almost a month after its release, and it’s broken so many records that it’s getting hard to keep track of them all.

Disney’s Studio Entertainment segment recorded revenues of $7.4 billion in fiscal 2015, a rise of 1% over fiscal 2014, contributing 14% to Disney’s total revenues in fiscal 2015.