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Box office of “Star wars” has reached two billion dollars

Кассовые сборы "Звездных войн" достигли двух миллиардов долларов

Fiction film “Star wars. Episode VII: the force Awakening” has earned in world hire of two billion dollars, according to Forbes. He became the third in the history of the painting after “Avatar” and “Titanic” to reach that figure. Tape this took 53 days.

Experts note that “Star wars”, you might be able to beat the record of “Titanic” (2.2 billion), but not “Avatar” ($2.8 billion).

The film “the Awakening forces”, which started on 17 December 2015, has already set several records. For example, during the first weekend it has collected in world hire of $ 528 million (excluding China). The picture also earned its first billion dollars in just 12 days of rental, whereas the previous record holder — “World Jurassic period” — it took this for day longer.

The seventh episode of “Star wars”, directed by J. J. Abrams, has opened a new trilogy-the sequel. The next film will release in 2017, the third — in 2019-m. the Eighth episode has not yet received a name. Director appointed Ryan Johnson (“Loop time”, “breaking bad”). It is expected that the project will be back playing the main roles in the seventh film — John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

Star wars — a fantastic epic, created by Director George Lucas. Consists of the original trilogy (1977-1983) and the trilogy-the prequel (1999-2005).

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