Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest film to $1 billion at box office

Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas reached $1 billion US at the box office, reaching the milestone with record-setting hyper speed.

The Walt Disney Co. said The Force Awakenscrossed the billiondollar mark globally Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days.

The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was Universal's Jurassic World,which did it in 13 days in June. Jurassic Worldalso had the benefit of record grosses in China. The Force Awakensdoesn't open in the world's second-largest movie market until Jan. 9.

J.J. Abrams' installment of Star Warsalso posted the biggest Christmas Day box office in history with $49.3 million and the best second-weekend earnings with $153.5 million.

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The Force Awakenshas been setting records since its debut Dec. 17. It brought in a galactic $238 million in North America over its opening weekend, besting previous record-setter Jurassic World,and set international opening-weekend records in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe.

It scored the biggest worldwide debut with $529 million.