When the Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm back in 2012 for $4 billion, some wondered if the investment was worth it. Could Star Wars movies make a killing at the box office like they’d done in decades prior? Well, it turned out they made quite a bit of money, more than covering their investment. But which Disney Star Wars made the most? According to a report in Forbes , it was 2015’s The Force Awakens. Yes, it cost a staggering $535.5 million to produce. But it grossed over $2 billion at the box office globally, and Disney’s final profit take when all was said and done was over $500 million. And that’s not counting merchandise.
The Force Awakens literally awakened the dormant brand, which hadn’t released a film since 2005’s Revenge of the Sith. Most Star Wars fans had