Star Wars: The Force Awakens has reached $US1 billion ($A1.37 billion) at the box office, reaching the milestone with record-setting hyper speed.
The Walt Disney Co. said The Force Awakens crossed the billion-dollar mark on Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days.
The previous movie to reach $US1 billion the fastest was Universal's Jurassic World, which did it in 13 days in June.
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 January 9.
J.J. Abrams' installment of Star Wars also posted the biggest Christmas Day box office in history with $US49.3 million and the best second-weekend earnings with $US153.5 million.
The Force Awakens has been setting records since its debut on December 17.
It brought in a galactic $US238 million in North America over its opening weekend, besting previous record-setter Jurassic World, and set international opening-weekend records in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe.
It scored the biggest worldwide debut with $US529 million.
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