Groundbreaking because this week it becomes the highest grossing film ever in North America, beating out 2009's Avatar.
The first film in American box office history to take over $800 million dollars the film takes $41.6 million for the weekend for a total of $812 million in total, can it be the first film to go over $1 billion in the US?
Oscar tipped and Golden Globe winning The Revenant goes on general release this week and flies for out of the chart up to number 2 this week.
Essentially a new release the film has been on limited release where it took $.4 million to take $38 million this week.
Highest fresh new entry is The Forest which enters the box office at number 4 with $13 million.
Top grossing film on the box office, no suprise, is The Force Awakens with its $812 million total gross.
