“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has overtaken “Avatar” as the top grossing film in U.S. box office history. Yes, this graphic is already out of date. Apparently the space one passed the blue dudes one in the first week of January and hasn’t shown much sign of slowing down worldwide since then.
Not much more to add to that really: the numbers speak for themselves. Not many old films there, eh? Only Titanic comes from the last century. We’re tempted to add that there aren’t many truly great films on this list, either, but far be it from us to offer any critical analysis of the movie-going general public’s taste.
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