Star Wars sets sights on Avatar after smashing $50m box office mark in less than a fortnight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has easily outstripped its rivals to become by far the highest grossing movie of the year in Australia with total takings of $50.34m less than two weeks after release.

The seventh space adventure claimed $11.8m in the box office over the weekend on 832 screens, while strong Christmas week attendances took it from the $29m of its opening weekend.

It now has the Australian box office record of $105m held by Avatar firmly in its sights.

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