Star Wars earned
$503 million worldwide
including $307 million domestic,
on an $11 million budget
45.7x rate of return
The Empire Strikes Back earned “just” $209 million domestic
$400 million worldwide
budget that ballooned from $11 million to $33 million
12.1x its eventual budget.
Return of the Jedi was the first Star Wars movie to open wide, earning a record-crushing $41 million over its Wed-Mon Memorial Day frame in 1983 on the way to a $252 million domestic
$122 million overseas for a
$375 million global cume
on a $33 million budget.
an
11.3x return
spending $115 million on a tentpole like Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace
The Phantom Menace legged out from a $64 million Fri-Sun/$105 million Wed-Sun domestic debut to $431 million
6.7x weekend-to-final multiplier
Episode One also earned
$924 million worldwide
The Phantom Menace would earn
8x its production budget
Attack of the Clones... ($317.5 million domestic and $974.5 million worldwide on a $125 million budget) ??? ....Episode II on its way to $402 million domestic and
$821 million worldwide
on a $130 million budget.
Attack of the Clones would earn $80 million over the Fri-Sun portion of its $110 million Thurs-Sun debut,
earning “just” $302 million domestic in its initial domestic release (not counting that $8 million-grossing IMAX reissue)
and
$645 million worldwide
on now almost frugal $115 million budget
a
5.6x return on their investment for Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith would break records for a midnight preview ($16 million) on its way to becoming the first movie to earn $50 million in a single day
earn $380 million domestic (tops for the year)
and
$868 million worldwide
7.55 rate-of-return
on its $115 million budget.
Disney not purchased Lucasfilm in late 2012 for $4 billion,
Star Wars Episode VII ....opening and nab ..... $937 million
earning
$2.068 billion worldwide
earned
8.44x
its $245 million budget
The Force Awakens
.... $220 million domestic debut.
$620 million domestic
and
$1.33 billion worldwide.
6.65x
its $200 million budget
The Rise of Skywalker,
...
$1.074 billion worldwide
costing $275 million,
3.9x profit.
?
average rate of return of 7.06x for the prequels and 6.215x for the sequel trilogy. ...original trilogy earned around $1.2 billion on a combined budget of around $77 million, for an average 16.5x