{"id":181115,"date":"2016-01-12T08:45:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T08:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=181115"},"modified":"2016-01-12T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T08:45:50","slug":"star-wars-force-holds-us-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=181115","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars force holds US box office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has stayed top of the North American box office for a fourth week, beating Golden Globe winner The Revenant.<\/p>\n

According to weekend studio estimates, Star Wars took $41.6m (\u00a328.5m) in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n

Western The Revenant, which won three Golden Globes, came second after taking $38m (\u00a326m) on its opening weekend.<\/p>\n

Comedy Daddy’s Home, with Will Ferrell’s DJ seeking his stepchildren’s love, took $15m (\u00a310m) in week three.<\/p>\n

The continued success of Star Wars means it has now become the biggest movie to date in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n

It has become the first to make more than $800m (\u00a3550m), having taken $812m (\u00a3558m) so far.<\/p>\n

Its global total now stands at $1.73bn (\u00a31.19bn), according to producers Walt Disney, which means it has overtaken Jurassic World, which made $1.67bn (\u00a31.15bn).<\/p>\n

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The film is therefore the third most successful movie in the world to date.<\/p>\n

Ahead of it stands Titanic at number two, which made $2.2bn (\u00a3150m) from 1997-98, and Avatar, still holds the number one spot with $2.8bn (\u00a3192m) taken from 2009-10.<\/p>\n

A record-breaking opening in China last week has made a huge contribution to the global success of Star Wars, which made $53m (\u00a336m) in its debut weekend, described as “spectacular” by Disney’s executive vice-president Dave Hollis.<\/p>\n

The Revenant, from Alejandrao Inarritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, tells the story of an 1820s frontiersman who gets mauled by a bear. Despite coming in second, it defied expectations as its hard-hitting content was not considered a draw to a large section of the audience. As such, it was on limited release in New York and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

However, the movie had been heavily tipped for success at this year’s Academy Awards, even before Sunday’s Globes glory, which could have contributed to its strong audience draw.<\/p>\n

“It’s very graphic, it’s very real,” said 20th Century Fox’s Chris Aronson. `”You watch this and you’re going to feel cold.”<\/p>\n

Having the film open after Star Wars has helped give it a chance to raise its profile, he added.<\/p>\n

“Now I think there’s a specialness to this film that might have been lost earlier.'”<\/p>\n

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 (\u00a39m).<\/p>\n

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US BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $41.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. The Revenant – $38m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Daddy’s Home – $15m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. The Forest – $13.1m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Sisters – $7.2m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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