Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($259 million)
The Force Awakens was the first Star Wars movie to come to theaters since the 2005 release of Revenge of the Sith. Star Wars Episode VII took a glance at the Star Wars universe after the events of Return of the Jedi and addressed an entirely new problem with some familiar faces helping along the way. Some critics called this movie laden with “fan-service” and bashed it for its inclusion of the original actors and characters, but at the end of the day, this film is widely considered to be one of the best Star Wars movies to date. The Force Awakens is currently the 4th highest-grossing film of all time, and it topped the charts as the highest-grossing movie of 2015 by close to $100 million.
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