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<\/span><\/figure>\nThe 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":" Star Wars: The Force Awakens has stayed top of the North American box office for a fourth week, beating Golden Globe winner The Revenant. According to weekend studio estimates, Star Wars took $41.6m (\u00a328.5m) in the US and Canada. Western The Revenant, which won three Golden Globes, came second after taking $38m (\u00a326m) on its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n |