JJ Abrams continuation of the Star Wars saga this week completely dominated the world box office in every country it was released in.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens took on its opening weekend $517 million, the highest opening gross ever beating this years Jurassic World by a comfortable margin.

It took the current highest grossing movie Avatar 11 days to get to this figure, and with the massively positive reviews the Star Wars film has had its possible that it could become the higerst grossing film in time.

Last weeks top film across the world, The Hunger Games: Mockinjay Part 2, falls to number 6 this week, although it did spend 4 weeks at the top.

A surprisingly active chart for new releases also sees Mojin The Lost Legend new at 2, Sisters new at 4 and Alvin and The Chipmunks The Road Chip new at 5.

Highest total grossing film on the world box office this week Spectre who's world gross now stands at $836.1 million.

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $517,000,000
2. Mojin The Lost Legend - $85,000,000
3. Surprise: Journey To The West - $24,000,000
4. Sisters - $15,217,860
5. Alvin and The Chipmunks The Road Chip - $14,400,000
6. The Hunger Games: Mockinjay Part 2 - $13,450,000
7. The Good Dinosaur - $13,432,000
8. The Himalayas - $8,500,000 $8,500,000
9. Spectre - $7,845,000
10. In The Heart Of The Sea - $7,365,000

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

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