The Force Was with Disney in 2015: The Star Wars Effect

But in a upset, The Revenant beat Force Awakens on Friday before the Star Wars blockbuster regained the box office lead Saturday.

Alvin and the Chipmunks placed 8th this weekend with an estimated $5.5 million. It’s also the biggest film of all time at the US box office, having now earned $812 million here alone. “The Revenant” still had much to celebrate. “Titanic” made $2.19 billion over the course of its theatrical run, according to Box Office Mojo.

The Revenant stars Tom Hardy alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1800s trying to survive after being mauled by a bear. The animated/live action hybrid was down 55% from last weekend, with its total gross up to $75.6 million domestically and $111.8 million worldwide.

It’s already the most popular film in USA history, raking $764.4 million in just 20 days of release.

Third place went to “Daddy’s Home”, a sharp-edged comedy about the uncomfortable competition between a stepfather, played by Will Ferrell, and the biological father, Mark Wahlberg. It has made since debuting over Christmas.

Of the Top 10 films this weekend, only supernatural horror The Forest was a new release and it managed to come fourth even with all the competition, after taking $13.1m (£9m). The film centers on a young American woman who travels to Japan to find her sister. Overseas, it grossed $4.6-M from 24 markets for a foreign take of $9.7-M and early global box office take of $52.6-M.

Internationally, “The Force Awakens”, the seventh installment in the science fiction franchise created by George Lucas, brought its worldwide haul to $1.73 billion, Disney said. With that said, China is a very different market now. “The Hateful Eight”, $12 million. 4.

Will Smith’s Concussion was down two spots to #10 in its third week with $3.1 million. 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.

On a more positive note, he’s thrilled at the movie’s success, with a record $764 million and counting, he said after promoting Hulu miniseries 11.22.63 at the Television Critics Association Saturday.