Zebulon Dak wrote:TFA has officially passed Avatar as the highest grossing film domestically. In 3 weeks. Avatar was in theaters for 37 weeks. So that's a thing. Still got a ways to go for the worldwide record but it's not out of the question.
Not likely, though. TFA will taper off faster than Avatar, Avatar's attendance pattern is the exception, not the rule. If I were to make an educated guess, I think TFA will finish domestically between $940m-$970m, and $1b-$1.3b internationally, giving it $1.9b-$2.3b worldwide, which will be good enough for either 2nd or 3rd worldwide, at best $400m behind Avatar. Just IMHO, though.
P.S. - Analyzing the box office is a small hobby of mine. Weird, I know, but I rarely get a chance to discuss it because no one finds it that interesting.