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"On the strength of a record-breaking Christmas, Star Wars: The Force Awakens&amp;#xA0;barreled past $1 billion at the worldwide box office in historic fashion, needing just 12 days to achieve the feat. By comparison, Avatar needed 19 days to cross the $1 billion mark, while Jurassic World required 13 days this summer.\r\n\r\nIn its second weekend in multiplexes, The Force Awakens generated another $153.5 million worth of domestic ticket sales. When added to last weekend&amp;apos;s record haul&amp;#xA0;as well as the worldwide box office, the film&amp;apos;s total revenue is approximately $1.1 billion, Variety reports.\r\nOn December 25th alone, The Force Awakens made Christmas history with $49.3 million at the box office, more than doubling the $24.6 million set by the previous Christmas day record holder, 2009&amp;apos;s Sherlock Holmes, The Hollywood Reporter writes.\r\nAccording to Deadline, of The Force Awakens&amp;apos; billion-dollar bounty, $544 million came from the domestic box office and $546 million from international receipts; the film won&amp;apos;t open in China, the world&amp;apos;s second largest movie-going market, until January 9th.\r\nThe Force Awakens was the catalyst in what was a record-smashing Christmas weekend at the domestic box office as moviegoers combined for a $269.8 million. After Star Wars, the comedy Daddy&amp;apos;s Home led the charge with $38 million, followed by overperforming films like Joy, the Point Break remake, Concussion and, in its second weekend, Sisters."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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