Harrison Ford Earned 50 Times More Than Star Wars Co-Stars

The salaries don’t include back-end bonuses from the pic’s box office haul that in a rare case doesn’t even kick in till the film crosses $1 billion worldwide, and following the success of “The Force Awakens”, deals are expected to be renegotiated before the next films get underway.

With its global bow now at a record $529 million, “Star Wars'” box office success will undoubtedly afford its cast members heftier pay cuts on their next projects.

Interestingly enough, however, the film couldn’t eclipse the cultural phenomenon that is Yo-Kai Watch, as the series’ latest film sold more tickets than The Force Awakens this weekend in Japan. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with Rentrak, told Variety on Tuesday that the seventh Star Wars film has the potential to exceed James Cameron’s “Avatar”.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN.

Meanwhile the Hollywood Reporter said the film shattered the previous mark for best Monday takings that had previously been set earlier this year by fellow reboot Jurassic World thanks to an impressive $40.1 million take. So, how are the makers of Jurassic World taking this? And on the weekend before Christmas in 1996, Cameron’s Titanic took in a mere $28.6 million on its way to grossing $2.19 billion worldwide.

The film’s producer Frank Marshall tweeted his congratulations to the creative team behind “The Force Awakens” for scoring the “biggest opening weekend in galactic history”. Paramount opens family comedy “Daddy’s Home” and expands “The Big Short”; Sony opens Will Smith’s “Concussion”; Warner Bros. launches its “Point Break” remake; Fox debuts Jennifer Lawrence’s “Joy” – all in wide release.