A billion for Star Wars

Rico won't be giving them his money until this weekend, but The Associated Press has an article about everybody else's money:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has reached a billion dollars at the box office, reaching the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The Walt Disney Company said Sunday that The Force Awakens crossed the mark over the holiday weekend. The film accomplished the feat in just twelve days; the previous movie to reach a billion dollars was Universal’s Jurassic World, which did it in thirteen days in June of 2015. Jurassic World also had the benefit of record grosses in China. The Force Awakens doesn’t open in the world’s second-largest movie market until 9 January 2016.
J.J. Abrams’ installment of Star Wars also posted the biggest Christmas Day box office in history, taking in nearly fifty million dollars, and the best second-weekend take with an estimated hundred and fifty million dollars.

Rico says there'll be some fat checks for all concerned...