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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 PG-13 2h 18m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Walt Disney Studios

Every generation has a story.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$936.7M
Final
Opening Weekend
$248.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.78x
Opening → Total
Budget
$533.2M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$2.1B
$1.1B international
2015 Rank
#1
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 18-20 1 $248.0M $248.0M 4,134 $60K 1
Dec 25-27 1 $149.2M -39.8% $540.1M 4,134 $36K 2
Jan 1-3 1 $90.2M -39.5% $742.2M 4,134 $22K 3
Jan 8-10 1 $42.4M -53.1% $812.7M 4,134 $10K 4
Jan 15-17 3 $26.3M -37.8% $852.3M 3,822 $7K 5
Jan 22-24 2 $14.1M -46.6% $879.1M 3,365 $4K 6
Jan 29-31 3 $11.1M -21.0% $895.8M 2,556 $4K 7
Feb 5-7 3 $7.0M -37.3% $906.0M 2,262 $3K 8
Feb 12-14 7 $6.2M -11.7% $914.8M 1,810 $3K 9
Feb 19-21 8 $3.9M -36.6% $921.7M 1,618 $2K 10
Feb 26-28 11 $3.0M -23.6% $926.0M 1,433 $2K 11
Mar 4-6 13 $1.9M -37.6% $928.8M 1,021 $2K 12
Mar 11-13 14 $1.3M -30.4% $930.8M 760 $2K 13
Mar 18-20 17 $966K -25.6% $932.3M 568 $2K 14
Mar 25-27 13 $816K -15.5% $933.7M 552 $1K 15
Apr 1-3 15 $682K -16.5% $934.9M 462 $1K 16
Apr 8-10 19 $379K -44.4% $935.5M 346 $1K 17
Apr 15-17 24 $190K -49.8% $935.8M 260 $731 18
Apr 22-24 28 $154K -19.0% $936.1M 208 $740 19
May 6-8 33 $107K -30.4% $936.4M 117 $916 20
May 13-15 34 $102K -4.4% $936.5M 78 $1K 21
May 20-22 34 $87K -14.8% $936.6M 58 $2K 22
May 27-29 44 $17K -80.8% $936.7M 20 $838 23

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJ.J. Abrams
ScreenplayLawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt
StarringDaisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford
StudioWalt Disney Studios
Produced byKathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk