A man in a Chewbacca costume takes a selfie in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre on December 17, 2015 in Hollywood, California. - AFP/File / Robyn Beck
Disney said the seventh film in the “Star Wars” saga had grossed $758.2 million through Tuesday, when it took in $8 million, and surpassed on Wednesday the $760.5 million earned by James Cameron’s Oscar-winning futuristic sci-fi epic “Avatar.”
“This afternoon, with early box office results in,‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ became the highest-grossing film of all time in the domestic market,“ Disney said in a statement, without providing figures.
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