It'll be interesting to see how close to, or far away, TLJ comes to ESB. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, ESB made $704M in the US and $1.53B WW, without the greatly expanded markets we have today.
At this point in time, TFA had made 80.1% of its total domestic gross and ~73% of its WW gross. Considering TLJ's foreign take keeps hanging around the same 50% of the total that the domestic take represents, where TFA's foreign take represented 54.7% of it WW revenue, I think 80.1% of its WW take is probably a better case scenario that TLJ can look forward to. That would put the final domestic total at $690.5M, which is 26% down from TFA, better than the ~30% it's been hovering at, now. However, WW that would be a final total of $1.32B, down $750M or 36% from TFA.
Of course, that's a better (not quite best) case scenario. We'll have to see if TLJ has as much staying power in the coming weeks as TFA had, at least percentage wise. TFA didn't start losing theaters til its 5th weekend. I have a feeling TLJ might start losing some this weekend, it's 4th.
