This document summarizes key financial and production details about the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It had a production budget of $306 million and grossed over $2 billion worldwide. Much of the filming took place in Ireland, Iceland, Dubai, and the UK. Merchandise from the film has generated $12 billion in sales. The film received significant advertising and promotional exhibitions to build hype and was also impacted by piracy when a leaked Blu-ray version emerged only two days after its release.

1. StarWars:The Force
Awakens

2. Financial facts
• It made 2.066 billion USD (£1 billion) in the box office
• It was directed by J.J. Abrams
• There was a lot of filming
• Theatrical Performance
• Domestic Box Office $936,662,225
• International Box Office $1,122,000,000
• Worldwide Box Office $2,058,662,225
• Domestic DVD Sales $26,352,159
• Domestic Blu-ray Sales $128,144,737
• Total DomesticVideo Sales $154,496,896

3. • All the desert scenes were filmed in Dubai
• Production budget was 306 million
• Disney now own the star wars franchise
• J J Abrams wanted to go back to the old way of star wars by mixing physical visual effects with CGI
• Film was given £31.6 million by British government in hopes by the films release will boost
Britain's culture and film industry
• $1.8 billion profit
• The set for the film cost $28 million to build and use.
• Pre-production filming took place in Ireland, Iceland and Dubai
• R2D2 died, Kenny baker.
• Costume for the film cost £21 million

4. Merchandise
Star wars had made $12 billion in
sales from toys.

5. Advertisement

6. Meaning of exhibition
• A public display of works of art or items of
interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at
a trade fair.

7. Exhibition in StarWars
• An exhibition is a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art
gallery or museum or at a trade fiar
• Star wars the force awakens was exhibited through many types of media, such
as:Trailers, poster, cinemas and by stands at popular events such as comic-con.
• The film was released on the 17th december
• If star wars the force awakens was an independent film there would not be as
much advertisement as it would be an unknown film meaning that there would
not be as big of a budget to pay for all different types of exhibitions that it as a
box office film has received.
• The challenges for exhibiting a box office film

8. Piracy
• Military tactics/tech
• Secretive
• No screener
• Night vision goggles
• Blocked off surroundings
• 2 Days – Blu Ray leaked
• Thousands of take down requests

9. Anti-piracy
• People