Star Wars: The Force Awakens burst onto our cinema screens last Thursday, with tens of millions of people around the world going to see it at the cinema. As one of the most anticipated films of this generation, it’s no surprise that it smashed nearly all box office opening weekend records, raking in approximately $517 million worldwide, according to tracking site Box Office Mojo. James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster Avatar remains still the world leader in overall takings, which netted around $2.7 billion globally, but Star Wars is still just in its opening week. Its takings are surely to accumulate rapidly over the holiday period. But one thing is almost certain: they won’t accumulate as rapidly as a blockbuster video game. If you compare the figures, launched of major video game titles consistently trump launches of the biggest blockbuster movies. Star Wars netted just over $500 million in a weekend, but on its first day, the smash-hit game Grand Theft Auto V brought in over $800 million. To put that into perspective, the city-state of Singapore, which has the 6th highest GDP per capita in the world, made about the same amount of money in the same span of time. It was the highest amount brought in