Via Qz.com:
Star Wars has paid off for Disney.
After five years and three blockbuster films, Disney’s Star Wars movies have earned more at the box office than the company paid for all of Lucasfilm.
Disney bought the studio behind Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4 billion in cash and stock in 2012. As of Jan. 1, the first three Star Wars films under the Disney banner—The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi—brought in nearly $4.2 billion worldwide, combined, based on Box Office Mojo estimates.
The latter is still in theaters. It had mixed reception from fans, which could dampen its overall box-office run compared to the $2 billion that The Force Awakens brought in globally in 2015. But The Last Jedi has already topped $1 billion worldwide, which is a tidy return, no matter how you look at it.
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