Box Office Numbers for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Just Got Bigger

Lucasfilm(NEW YORK) — Star Wars: The Force Awakens had an even bigger debut than initially believed.

Disney announced Monday that the latest film in the franchise earned a record 248 million dollars at the domestic box office over the weekend — 10 million more than was previously estimated.

The Force Awakens also set a new Sunday box office record, raising 60.5 million dollars.

Jurassic World set the previous records earlier this year, making 57.2 million dollars on its first Sunday of release and 208.8 million during its opening weekend.

Jurassic World‘s producer Frank Marshall tweeted congratulations to the Star Wars gang after the short-lived record fell. The post depicted a dinosaur putting a medal around the neck of little droid BB-8 — as Princess Leia did to Han and Luke at the end of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope — with the legend, “Universal Pictures, Steven [Spielberg], Frank, and Colin [Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World] Congratulate Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the Biggest Opening Weekend in Galactic History.”

Incidentally, the congrats is really all in the family: Marshall is married to Force Awakens producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he worked with Spielberg for years, and who is George Lucas’ successor as the president of Lucasfilm. To boot, Trevorrow is set to direct Star Wars: Episode IX.

The Force Awakens has raked in 529 million dollars worldwide since it opened overseas December 16, yet another record. It will open in Greece and India this week, and in China January 9.

Disney noted Monday that it has now earned five billion dollars at the global box office this year — the first time it’s achieved that milestone — thanks to hits like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Inside Out.

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