the box office. that s thanks to the force, dinosaurs and stranded astronauts. the 2015 u.s. box office has crossed the $11 billion mark for the first time in history. talk about 11 billion dollars. that s partially because of inflation, oh, and a little movie called star wars the force awakens the film has shattered records and property in more than $540 million the last few weeks. but the record breaking really stretched out over the spire year, thanks to films like jurassic world and my favorites the martian a new year s terror plot in belgium. the men are members of a biker gang with ris history to a growing investigation. it s known as gangster jihadism where muslims are radicalized in prison and spread the ideology to old friends when they get out. let s go to cnn erin mclaughlin, is there any indication how close they were to this plot in
calling for rahm emanuel to quit after the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. a lot of questions about what happens next in the city. miguel and christine. ryan, thank you for that. have you seen the star wars movie? a little thing called star wars. took 12 days to reach $1 billion. the force awakens hits records at the box office. why the reign is far from over. next.
broncos say they support him 100%. the colts call the report utterly ridiculous. dr. dale gaier of the institute calls the claims extremely disturbing and simply not true. even charley sly himself, the man the documentary there is no truth to any statement of mine that al jazeera says. reporter: as for manning the five-time mvp is sitting out with an injury, he s focused on practice and supporting his team. blake mccoy, nbc news, los angeles. the force was certainly with star wars at the box office this holiday weekend. the force awakens soared past the global $1 billion mark sunday. the last movie to reach the $1 billion mark that quickly was jurassic world in back in
this morning. down more than 2% to $37 a barrel. that is driven by iran s pledge to increase output. the force awakens made $1 billion at light speed. passed the $1 billion mark 12 days time. that is a full day faster than jurassic world. it led the box office this weekend bringing in $153.5 million. it s reign is just beginning. the film hasn t opened in china. the second biggest market. i tell you, 2012 when disney bought lucasfilm for $4 billion. i have not seen it. say nothing. looking forward to seeing it. i ll be part of the second billion. donald trump extending attacks on hillary clinton to her husband. the new insults flying in the race for the presidency.
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