Star Wars: The Force Awakens breaks $1bn box office record
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the fastest-ever film to reach $1bn in global ticket sales.
Reaching the milestone after just 12 days the film took in $153.5m in North America and $133.3m overseas during the Christmas weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter Star Wars has raked in $544.6m from the US and Canada and $546m internationally, UK sales totalled $97.2m.
The previous record holder was Jurassic World, which reached $1bn after 13 days, this summer. Star Wars also broke Jurassic World's biggest ever opening weekend record with $529m globally.
Star Wars is due for release in China, the second biggest movie market in the world, on 9 January.