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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is the fastest movie to earn $1 billion at the box office

From businessinsider.com

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" just keeps making money and breaking records. After nabbing the Christmas Day box-office record with $49.3 million, shattering the previous record of $24.6 million held by 2009's "Sherlock Holmes," with the weekend coming to the close "The Force Awakens" has grabbed another honor — becoming the record holder for the fastest movie ever to gross $1 billion globally. The film earned $153 million this weekend, according to The Wrap. That puts it comfortably over the mark one day quicker than "Jurassic World," which did the feat in 13 days in June. It seems every week "The Force Awakens" ... (full story)

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