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Will Loot Crate's January INVASION box keep us around for 2016? Read our review to find out! Review by Matt Cummings With the subscription box war teaching valuable lessons in 2015 - that QUALITY and TIMING are the keys to a happy geek - only Marvel Collector Corps and Smuggler's Bounty emerged as consistent candidates for our monthly donation. And while January's Loot Crate has delivered an interesting diversity of geek-related sundries, read on to learn why we cancelled our subscription. Before we get into the details, let's review Loot's promise: a $22 subscription should yield more in value than the cost. Also, year-long steadfasts receive some sort of special gift, a promise we just couldn't keep. A decently-sized box, more in line with previous Loot Crate submissions. At least Loot heard the complaints from subscribers about the lack of a shirt. A second month with one included is a good sign. Looks like some sort of...wait for

The sci-fi film will achieve the impossible in record time. Story by Matt Cummings The Force truly is with this one. At a stunning at $742.2 million domestically, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now only $18.3m away from overtaking Avatar as the all-time top-grossing domestic film. With the third-weekend $90.24m sum, TFA took in as much money as some first-run weekend numbers. But the Holy Grail of records - the all-time domestic winner - is the real prize. Held by some as once unbeatable, Avatar 's dominance at No. 1 will likely fall sometime on Tuesday, and will do so in the shortest time ever. At just 16 days, TFA is the fastest film ever to reach the top spot; as a matter of comparison, Avatar took 72 days to do the same. This weekend's box office was once again dominated by Episode VII , which overtook the 2nd highest-grossing release Titanic 's $658.7m and Jurassic Park 's $652.3m. But there were some records TFA didn't beat: the act