Star Wars: The Force Awakens

This is the seventh Star Wars film in the saga. This is also the first film released since the announcement that Disney brought Lucasfilm. It was produced by J.J. Abrams who also wrote it, Kathleen Kennedy and Bryan Burk. 

It was also directed by J.J. Abrams, this is the first Star Wars film he has directed. It has some well known actors and this attracts a lot of the viewers. These include: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamil and Adam Driver. 

The budget for this film was $306 million (gross) and $245 million (net). But, the box office exceed to $2.068 billion, it was the fastest film to gross $1 billion. The film closely sold over 110 million tickets just in North America. 

The film was filmed across the whole world near enough but the main locations where England, Ireland, Scotland, United Arab Emirates and Iceland. Also, Europe were able to view the film before the United States. Its debut was the 16th December 2015 in Europe.  

On the opening weekend it only previewed on 3900 screens across the world. The reviews are mainly consistent. Rotten Tomatoes scored it 8.2/10 and IMBD also rated it 8.2/10. So, this is quite highly rated. Many critics on Meteoritic scored it highly, giving it the majority score of 81. 

The soundtrack was composed by John Williams. This album was released by Walt Disney Records in 2015. It features 23 pieces and reached the peak of 5 in the US Billboard. The marketing for The Force Awakens was very broad. This is because they released lots of teasers and trailers on the week coming up to the release. They also appealed to all ages by even releasing toys for children and joining with Kraft to incorporate Star Wars in there food items. Merchandising played a large role in the budget to the film. 

A lot of SFX and CGI is integrated into the film. This includes all the sound effects and moving effects. Lots of technology was used including prosthetics and robots to create the characters and make them come to life. They also helped create the droids used in the films. 

Overall the film is a very good blockbuster, but there were some issues just like any other film. Many life long fans were upset with the change in characters and actors as they have not featured in the other films. Such as Luke Skywalker only getting a tiny amount of screenplay. And because he is one of the main aspects of the films, many viewers were not happy.