Synopsis
Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku, and renegade stormtrooper FN-2187 (nickname “Finn”) embark with resistance pilot Poe Dameron on a quest to destroy Starkiller Base and search for Luke Skywalker, the last remaining Jedi.
Metrics
New Zealand Box Office for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| New Zealand Box Office | $9,590,111 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $2,056,046,835 | Details |
| Home Market Performance | ||
| North America DVD Sales | $39,615,968 | Details |
| North America Blu-ray Sales | $151,559,711 | Details |
| Total North America Video Sales | $191,175,679 | |
| Further financial details... | ||
Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/12/18 | 1 | $3,043,507 | 203 | $14,993 | $3,043,507 | 1 | |
| 2015/12/25 | 1 | $1,023,813 | -66% | 212 | $4,829 | $5,305,505 | 2 |
| 2016/01/01 | 1 | $1,204,759 | +18% | 186 | $6,477 | $7,464,552 | 3 |
| 2016/01/08 | 1 | $591,652 | -51% | 164 | $3,608 | $8,220,039 | 4 |
| 2016/01/15 | 2 | $277,310 | -53% | 154 | $1,801 | $8,576,486 | 5 |
| 2016/01/22 | 3 | $161,450 | -42% | 143 | $1,129 | $8,967,093 | 6 |
| 2016/01/29 | 4 | $133,301 | -17% | 109 | $1,223 | $9,178,852 | 7 |
| 2016/02/05 | 6 | $83,432 | -37% | 85 | $982 | $9,529,869 | 8 |
| 2016/02/12 | 10 | $34,995 | -58% | 66 | $530 | $9,612,676 | 9 |
| 2016/02/19 | 12 | $23,114 | -34% | 61 | $379 | $9,630,872 | 10 |
| 2016/02/26 | 17 | $12,922 | -44% | 20 | $646 | $9,698,946 | 11 |
| 2016/03/04 | 17 | $9,786 | -24% | 35 | $280 | $9,931,208 | 12 |
| 2016/03/11 | 27 | $5,413 | -45% | 12 | $451 | $9,885,845 | 13 |
| 2016/03/18 | 22 | $6,870 | +27% | 12 | $573 | $9,965,127 | 14 |
| 2016/03/25 | 33 | $1,312 | -81% | 4 | $328 | $9,841,227 | 15 |
| 2016/04/01 | 36 | $679 | -48% | 2 | $340 | $9,842,448 | 16 |
| 2016/04/15 | 48 | $14 | 1 | $14 | $9,842,721 | 18 | |
| 2020/07/10 | - | $349 | 9 | $39 | $9,629,115 | 239 | |
| 2020/08/14 | - | $63 | 1 | $63 | $9,590,111 | 244 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 12/17/2015 | $2,557,881 | 178 | 178 | 826 | $8,650,249 | 12/28/2019 |
| Australia | 12/17/2015 | $19,614,840 | 941 | 941 | 4770 | $72,381,770 | 6/15/2021 |
| Austria | 12/17/2015 | $1,972,801 | 129 | 129 | 710 | $9,070,862 | 6/9/2016 |
| Belgium | 12/16/2015 | $2,962,043 | 169 | 175 | 956 | $10,978,138 | 6/9/2016 |
| Bolivia | 12/17/2015 | $513,101 | 29 | 29 | 156 | $1,868,562 | 12/31/2018 |
| Brazil | 12/17/2015 | $8,161,556 | 842 | 842 | 3775 | $27,982,312 | 6/9/2016 |
| Bulgaria | 12/18/2015 | $604,377 | 90 | 90 | 390 | $2,261,855 | 12/31/2018 |
| Cambodia | 12/18/2015 | $70,338 | 17 | 17 | 37 | $169,976 | 12/31/2018 |
| Central America | 12/17/2015 | $0 | 0 | 126 | 283 | $6,804,078 | 2/23/2016 |
| Chile | 12/17/2015 | $2,338,662 | 113 | 114 | 616 | $8,312,477 | 12/31/2018 |
| China | 1/8/2016 | $50,680,000 | 85712 | 85712 | 166223 | $120,220,000 | 10/2/2018 |
| Colombia | 12/17/2015 | $1,573,641 | 623 | 623 | 1612 | $9,130,293 | 12/31/2018 |
| Croatia | 12/17/2015 | $0 | 0 | 45 | 222 | $1,245,788 | 12/31/2018 |
| Czech Republic | 12/17/2015 | $1,504,270 | 132 | 132 | 516 | $3,846,700 | 12/31/2018 |
| Denmark | 12/16/2015 | $0 | 0 | 134 | 324 | $11,965,142 | 6/9/2016 |
| Ecuador | 12/18/2015 | $993,460 | 124 | 124 | 455 | $3,211,683 | 12/31/2018 |
| Egypt | 12/16/2015 | $35,968 | 1 | 1 | 5 | $153,648 | 12/31/2018 |
| Finland | 12/16/2015 | $1,605,145 | 210 | 1269 | 2289 | $7,815,008 | 6/9/2016 |
| France | 12/16/2015 | $21,378,320 | 1093 | 1093 | 7361 | $82,531,280 | 6/9/2016 |
| Germany | 12/17/2015 | $27,226,974 | 1086 | 1102 | 8678 | $109,709,280 | 6/9/2016 |
| Greece | 12/24/2015 | $1,108,980 | 167 | 167 | 542 | $3,406,287 | 6/9/2016 |
| Hong Kong | 12/17/2015 | $3,536,441 | 83 | 83 | 372 | $11,048,604 | 6/9/2016 |
| Hungary | 12/17/2015 | $1,435,051 | 0 | 87 | 358 | $6,445,986 | 12/31/2018 |
| Iceland | 12/18/2015 | $179,203 | 20 | 20 | 41 | $863,721 | 12/31/2018 |
| Indonesia | 12/18/2015 | $2,839,229 | 702 | 702 | 835 | $8,876,120 | 12/31/2018 |
| Iraq | 12/17/2015 | $25,320 | 5 | 5 | 21 | $77,124 | 12/31/2018 |
| Israel | 12/17/2015 | $1,069,016 | 73 | 75 | 488 | $3,385,097 | 12/31/2018 |
| Italy | 12/16/2015 | $9,104,187 | 0 | 203 | 303 | $27,813,156 | 6/9/2016 |
| Japan | 12/18/2015 | $10,158,486 | 945 | 960 | 8209 | $95,468,056 | 6/9/2016 |
| Kenya | 12/18/2015 | $0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | $285,657 | 12/31/2018 |
| Kuwait | 12/17/2015 | $170,182 | 15 | 15 | 32 | $732,476 | 12/31/2018 |
| Latvia | 12/18/2015 | $0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | $414,134 | 12/31/2018 |
| Lebanon | 12/17/2015 | $126,931 | 10 | 10 | 47 | $606,176 | 12/31/2018 |
| Lithuania | 12/18/2015 | $169,099 | 220 | 273 | 594 | $558,181 | 6/9/2016 |
| Malaysia | 12/17/2015 | $2,870,261 | 807 | 807 | 1466 | $6,627,347 | 6/9/2016 |
| Mexico | 12/17/2015 | $7,770,145 | 0 | 635 | 636 | $27,649,496 | 6/9/2016 |
| Netherlands | 12/16/2015 | $2,625,146 | 190 | 190 | 1449 | $15,336,444 | 6/9/2016 |
| New Zealand | 12/17/2015 | $3,043,507 | 203 | 212 | 1479 | $9,590,111 | 8/17/2020 |
| North America | 12/18/2015 | $247,966,675 | 4,134 | 4,134 | 37,852 | $936,662,225 | |
| Norway | 12/16/2015 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1,100,000 | 12/17/2015 |
| Oman | 12/17/2015 | $12,281 | 2 | 2 | 5 | $45,986 | 12/31/2018 |
| Peru | 12/17/2015 | $2,279,979 | 437 | 437 | 1209 | $6,127,657 | 12/31/2018 |
| Philippines | 12/16/2015 | $3,972,605 | 496 | 496 | 587 | $8,163,463 | 12/31/2018 |
| Poland | 12/18/2015 | $0 | 0 | 217 | 283 | $16,323,223 | 12/31/2018 |
| Portugal | 12/17/2015 | $1,015,381 | 161 | 161 | 649 | $4,049,362 | 6/9/2016 |
| Romania | 12/18/2015 | $963,144 | 182 | 182 | 695 | $3,237,704 | 12/31/2018 |
| Russia (CIS) | 12/17/2015 | $489,154 | 2996 | 2996 | 7337 | $26,689,556 | 12/31/2018 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 12/17/2015 | $0 | 0 | 38 | 123 | $711,089 | 12/31/2018 |
| Singapore | 12/17/2015 | $2,579,893 | 53 | 85 | 291 | $7,173,581 | 6/9/2016 |
| Slovakia | 12/17/2015 | $486,827 | 67 | 67 | 188 | $1,089,747 | 6/9/2016 |
| Slovenia | 12/18/2015 | $143,230 | 31 | 31 | 173 | $577,440 | 6/9/2016 |
| South Africa | 12/16/2015 | $1,093,038 | 156 | 156 | 326 | $3,111,568 | 6/9/2016 |
| South Korea | 12/17/2015 | $6,707,133 | 940 | 940 | 2717 | $24,112,820 | 6/9/2016 |
| Spain | 12/18/2015 | $8,515,281 | 1607 | 1607 | 4944 | $35,980,308 | 6/9/2016 |
| Sweden | 12/16/2015 | $3,945,455 | 297 | 297 | 987 | $21,289,424 | 6/9/2016 |
| Switzerland | 12/16/2015 | $3,337,630 | 214 | 455 | 968 | $12,159,927 | 6/9/2016 |
| Taiwan | 12/17/2015 | $1,878,905 | 174 | 174 | 645 | $6,457,562 | 6/9/2016 |
| Thailand | 12/16/2015 | $1,629,319 | 366 | 366 | 994 | $4,458,518 | 6/9/2016 |
| Turkey | 12/16/2015 | $1,727,153 | 447 | 447 | 1557 | $5,513,572 | 12/31/2018 |
| Ukraine | 12/17/2015 | $1,129,782 | 315 | 315 | 1070 | $2,896,101 | 12/31/2018 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12/17/2015 | $1,953,653 | 144 | 144 | 423 | $6,060,045 | 12/31/2018 |
| United Kingdom | 12/17/2015 | $50,726,098 | 670 | 670 | 6425 | $161,188,485 | 10/16/2024 |
| Uruguay | 12/17/2015 | $62,742 | 12 | 15 | 63 | $468,960 | 12/31/2018 |
| Venezuela | 12/18/2015 | $3,925,380 | 126 | 126 | 442 | $16,505,641 | 2/17/2016 |
| Vietnam | 12/18/2015 | $0 | 0 | 84 | 162 | $895,542 | 12/31/2018 |
| Rest of World | $25,504,055 | ||||||
| Worldwide Total | $2,056,046,835 | 10/16/2024 | |||||
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Leading Cast
| Adam Driver | Kylo Ren | |
| Daisy Ridley | Rey | |
| John Boyega | Finn |
Supporting Cast
| Harrison Ford | Han Solo | |
| Mark Hamill | Luke Skywalker | |
| Carrie Fisher | Leia | |
| Oscar Isaac | Poe Dameron | |
| Lupita Nyong'o | Maz Kanata | |
| Andy Serkis | Supreme Leader Snoke | |
| Domhnall Gleeson | General Hux | |
| Anthony Daniels | C-3PO | |
| Peter Mayhew | Chewbacca | |
| Max von Sydow | Lor San Tekka/The Vicar | |
| Kenny Baker | R2-D2 | |
| Gwendoline Christie | Captain Phasma | |
| Warwick Davis | Wollivan | |
| Simon Pegg | Unkar Plutt | |
| Maisie Richardson Sellers | Korr Sella | |
| Pip Andersen | Slip | |
| Tim Rose | Admiral Ackbar | |
| Jessica Henwick | Jessica Pava | |
| Greg Grunberg | Snap Wexley | |
| Iko Uwais | Razoo Quin-Fee | |
| Yayan Ruhian | Tasu Leech | |
| Pip Torrens | Colonel Kaplan | |
| Kiran Shah | Teedo | |
| Sebastian Armesto | Lieutenant Mitaka | |
| Ken Leung | Admiral Statura | |
| Anna Brewster | Bazine Netal | |
| Harriet Walter | Dr. Kalonia | |
| Erik Bauersfeld | Admiral Ackbar | |
| Michael Giacchino | FN-3181 | |
| Judah Friedlander | Bar Patron | |
| Victor McGuire | Bar Patron | |
| Francesca Longrigg | Bar Patron | |
| Gerald Abrams | Captain Cypress | |
| Jim McGrath | Vice Admiral Resdox | |
| Kate Fleetwood | First Order Officer | |
| Bill Hader | BB-8 Voice Consultant | |
| Cailey Fleming | Young Rey |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
| J.J. Abrams | Director | |
| J.J. Abrams | Screenwriter | |
| Lawrence Kasdan | Screenwriter | |
| Michael Arndt | Screenwriter | |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Producer | |
| J.J. Abrams | Producer | |
| Bryan Burk | Producer | |
| Tommy Harper | Executive Producer | |
| Jason McGatlin | Executive Producer | |
| Dan Mindel | Director of Photography | |
| Rick Carter | Production Designer | |
| Darren Gilford | Production Designer | |
| Mary Jo Markey | Editor | |
| Maryann Brandon | Editor | |
| Michael Kaplan | Costume Designer | |
| John Williams | Composer | |
| George Lucas | Character Creator | |
| Roger Guyett | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| Chris Corbould | Special Effects Supervisor | |
| Tommy Harper | Line Producer | |
| Simon Emanuel | Production Manager | |
| April Webster | Casting Director | |
| Alyssa Weisberg | Casting Director | |
| Nina Gold | Casting Director | |
| Jessica Sherman | Additional Casting-Casting Associate | |
| Rachel Dill | Additional Casting-Casting Assistant | |
| Ben Burtt | Sound Designer | |
| Gary Rydstrom | Sound Designer | |
| Matthew Wood | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| David Acord | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| Gary Rydstrom | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Andy Nelson | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Christopher Scarabosio | Re-recording Mixer | |
| Neal Scanlan | Creature Designer-Creature and Droid Effects Creative Supervisor | |
| Janet Lewin | Visual Effects Producer | |
| Luke O'Byrne | Visual Effects Producer | |
| Tommy Gormley | First Assistant Director | |
| Roger Guyett | Second Unit Director | |
| Neil Lamont | Supervising Art Director | |
| Gary Tomkins | Senior Art Director | |
| James Clyne | Art Director | |
| Rob Cowper | Art Director | |
| Hayley Easton-Street | Art Director | |
| Mark Harris | Art Director | |
| Ashley Lamont | Art Director | |
| Andrew Palmer | Art Director | |
| Stuart Rose | Art Director | |
| James Collins | Art Director | |
| Peter Dorme | Art Director | |
| Jo Finkel | Art Director | |
| Kevin Jenkins | Art Director | |
| Mary Mackenzie | Art Director | |
| Oliver Roberts | Art Director | |
| Stephen Swain | Art Director | |
| Lee Sandales | Set Decorator | |
| Michael Arndt | Associate Producer | |
| Stuart Wilson | Sound Mixer | |
| Paul Kavanagh | Visual Effects | |
| Brad Semenoff | Dialogue/ADR Editor |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.