{"id":32456,"date":"2016-01-04T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/star-wars-passes-titanic-jurassic-world\/"},"modified":"2016-01-04T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T17:00:25","slug":"star-wars-passes-titanic-jurassic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/star-wars-passes-titanic-jurassic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Star Wars’ passes ‘Titanic,’ ‘Jurassic World’"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014<\/strong> \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d marched confidently into the new year, raking in an additional $88.3 million over the New Year\u2019s weekend and topping the box office for a third week, according to studio estimates Sunday.<\/p>\n

In addition to setting a new high mark in New Year\u2019s box office history, the record-busting film blew past the domestic grosses of both \u201cJurassic World\u201d ($652.3 million) and \u201cTitanic\u201d ($658.7 million) to become the second-highest earner of all time with $740.3 million in just 19 days of release.<\/p>\n

The top domestic film is \u201cAvatar\u201d with a $760.5 million lifetime domestic gross, but \u201cStar Wars\u201d is barreling in to surpass it soon. For context, it took \u201cAvatar\u201d 72 days to reach $700 million. \u201cStar Wars\u201d did that in 16 days.<\/p>\n

While \u201cStar Wars\u201d might not give up its throne any time soon, films like \u201cDaddy\u2019s Home\u201d and \u201cSisters\u201d have proven to be incredibly strong performers.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaddy\u2019s Home,\u201d the comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, came in second with an estimated $29 million, bringing its total to $93.7 million in just two weeks. The film fell only 25 percent from its first weekend in theaters. Even more formidable is the mere 11 percent drop from the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy \u201cSisters,\u201d which brought in $12.6 million in its third weekend for a fourth-place spot. The film has earned $61.7 so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the holding power of \u2018Daddy\u2019s Home\u2019 and \u2018Sisters,\u2019 it shows you that those films are for many people the antidote to \u2018Star Wars,\u2019\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for box office tracker Rentrak. \u201cThe diversity of the slate that the studios created by not retreating from \u2018Star Wars\u2019 is helping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino\u2019s bloody Western \u201cThe Hateful Eight,\u201d meanwhile, took third with $16.2 million in its first weekend in wide release after a strong limited debut. The three-hour epic, which cost a reported $44 million to produce, has made $29.6 million to date \u2014 just shy of what \u201cDjango Unchained\u201d made in its first weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still a big audience out there for auteur-driven cinema,\u201d Dergarabedian said. \u201cTarantino, no matter what, is an interesting filmmaker. Film fans want to see what he\u2019s up to. It\u2019s not as big as some of his other films, but it\u2019s still doing well as it expands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip\u201d took fifth place with $11.8 million, dropping only 10 percent from last weekend.<\/p>\n

The year is off to a strong start overall, up 24.5 percent from last year. This New Year\u2019s weekend could even set a record if it tops the $220 million total of 2009\/2010, when both \u201cAvatar\u201d and \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d were in theaters.<\/p>\n

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.<\/p>\n

1.\u201dStar Wars: The Force Awakens,\u201d $88.3 million.<\/p>\n

2.\u201dDaddy\u2019s Home,\u201d $29 million.<\/p>\n

3.\u201dThe Hateful Eight,\u201d $16.2 million.<\/p>\n

4.\u201dSisters,\u201d $12.6 million.<\/p>\n

5.\u201dAlvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,\u201d $11.8 million.<\/p>\n

6.\u201dJoy,\u201d $10.4 million.<\/p>\n

7.\u201dThe Big Short,\u201d $9 million.<\/p>\n

8.\u201dConcussion,\u201d $8 million.<\/p>\n

9.\u201dPoint Break,\u201d $6.8 million.<\/p>\n

10.\u201dThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay \u2014 Part 2,\u201d $4.6 million.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter at: http:\/\/twitter.com\/ldbahr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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