Last part of ‘Star Wars’ hits the screens
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The movie ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ has just hit the cinemas. This is the finale of the new trilogy and another science-fiction production that can count on crowds of viewers in movie theaters and even over a billion dollars of revenues from tickets.
Star Wars has not only become a social phenomenon on a global scale but is now the most successful film series of all time. According to official data from the world box office, all the films from the Star Wars series have generated over $9.25 billion of receipts from tickets worldwide.
The most profitable film in the series is ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. The production budget amounted to $306 million, its total revenues amounted to almost seven times more ($2.07 billion).
The data provided do not include, for example, the sale of film emission licenses to television stations or streaming services around the world. They also do not include the sale of toys, t-shirts or games with the characters of Star Wars, which is really a huge business, worth estimated $33 billion per year.
