On December 18th, 2015, "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" was released to theaters across the United States! Co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams, the film was the sequel to "Return of the Jedi" (1983), and starred Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and others. The film had a massive budget of $533 million, making it the third most expensive film ever made. Premiering in Hollywood on December 14th, 2015, the film was positively received by critics, and went on to gross a whopping $2.07 billion worldwide, breaking various box office records, and becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in the United States and Canada, and the third-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide at the time of release.
