"Star Wars" is one of the biggest franchises on the planet and it pretty much has been ever since George Lucas introduced us to a galaxy far, far away back in 1977. This was decades before Hollywood would become utterly obsessed with franchises, but that's another conversation entirely. For the last decade and change, this particular franchise has been in the hands of Disney since its purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012 . Has it been a good investment? Yes, and we now have some numbers to back that up.
The folks at Forbes recently ran the numbers to determine how much money Disney has made from each of the "Star Wars" movies the studio has released, beginning with "The Force Awakens" in 2015. It should be noted that this isn't hailing directly from Disney's accounting department, so these n