“Star Wars”, close to exceed 2,000 billion – ABC Color

LOS ANGELES. “Star Wars: The Awakening of the Force”, the seventh installment of the sci-fi saga created by George Lucas, this weekend will exceed 2,000 billion in revenues worldwide.

So reported the average The Hollywood Reporter .

With the latest figures for Thursday, the seventh episode of Star Wars accumulated 1,995 million dollars, of which 899 million corresponded only to the North American market, so the film is expected to cross the border from 2,000 million fund sometime Saturday .

with this new achievement, the film directed by JJ Abrams will become the third film in history to reach at least 2,000 million dollars in theaters, behind Titanic (1997), which grossed 2,187,000, and Avatar (2009), which remains the highest grossing film in history (excluding inflation) with revenues of 2.788 million.

“it’s a historic moment for Star Wars to Lucasfilm and Disney, and we are all extremely grateful to be part of this journey with fans around the world that have made Star Wars: the Awakening Force such an extraordinary success, “the president of Walt Disney Studios, Alan Horn said in a statement.

the film, which has retold with actors from the original trilogy Harrison Ford or Carrie Fisher , has had a great response from the public since its release in December which has led, for example, to become the highest grossing film . of history in the United States, provided regardless of inflation

Star Wars: the Awakening Force is part of the relaunch of the series by Disney, which bought the rights to George Lucas by 4,000 million dollars in 2012.

on 15 December 2017 the eighth episode of Star Wars will be released, it will be Rian Johnson and will again feature the actors Daisy Ridley , John Boyega and Oscar Isaac .

Meanwhile, Rogue One , the first “spin-off” based on Star Wars , will hit screens on December 16, 2016 with a story that follows a group of rebels trying to steal the plans for the Death Star and will cast includes actors like Felicity Jones , the Mexican Diego Luna Forest Whitaker or Mads Mikkelsen , among others.