"Force" Set to Dethrone "Avatar" Back in January of This Year.

From the Jan. 7, 2016, Chicago Tribune by Stephanie Merry.

At this date the movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was set to obliterate the domestic-reigning box-office champ "Avatar."

James Cameron's 3-D "Avatar" was released six years to the day before "Force."  It made more than $760 million in the U.S. during its run in 2009.  "The Force" had been out just three weeks and already was approaching 750 million.

However, "Avatar" is the biggest domestic moneymaker if you don't account for inflation.  If that is taken into account, and Box Office Mojo has, it would rank #14.  "The Force" will need an additional $100 million to overtake it (inflation adjusted).

Tomorrow I Will Post the Top 15, Inflation Adjusted.  --Cooter