3RD MOST GROSSING MOVIE (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens)

     STAR WARS (THE FORCE AWAKENS)
 (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens)

Directed by             J. J. Abrams

Produced by             Kathleen KennedyJ. J. AbramsBryan Burk
Written by             Lawrence KasdanJ. J. AbramsMichael ArndtBased on Characters by             George Lucas
Distributed by             Walt Disney Studios , Motion Pictures
Budget                     $200 million

Box office                      $2.028 billion

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is a 2015
 American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams.
 The seventh installment in the main Star Wars film series, it stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill,
Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis,
 Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. Produced by Lucasfilm and
 Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures,
The Force Awakens is set about 30 years after Return of the Jedi; it follows Rey, Finn,
 and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance,
 led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, successor to the Galactic Empire.

The Force Awakens is the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy announced after Disney's acquisition of
 Lucasfilm in October 2012. The film is produced by Abrams, his long-time collaborator Bryan Burk,
 and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan,
 co-writer of the original trilogy films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983),
 rewrote an initial script by Michael Arndt. John Williams, composer for the previous six films,
returned to compose its score. Star Wars creator George Lucas served as creative consultant during
 the film's early production stages. Filming began in April 2014 in Abu Dhabi and Iceland,
with principal photography also taking place in Ireland and Pinewood Studios in England,
and concluded in November 2014. It is the first live-action film in the franchise since Star Wars
 Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released in 2005.