In 2012, The Walt Disney Co. spent $4.06 billion to purchase Lucasfilm; this year, the film franchise's worldwide box-office has surpassed that amount. Not including merchandising, or accounting for production and marketing costs, 2015's
The Force Awakens grossed $2.068 billion globally (including an all-time best $936.7 million in North America, not accounting for inflation), 2016's
Rogue One reached $1.056 billion worldwide, and
The Last Jedi which passed $900M on Thursday, is expected to end up somewhere in between the two, in terms of its lifetime gross.
(Source:
The Hollywood Reporter)
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