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Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed $2.07 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2015 and the third-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release. It earned $936.7 million in the United States and Canada alone.
J. J. Abrams directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Lawrence Kasdan, who had also co-written The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. An initial script by Michael Arndt was set aside when the production could not accommodate his timeline.
Principal photography began on the 16th of May 2014, in Abu Dhabi near Liwa Oasis and moved to Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England. Additional locations included Skellig Michael off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland, the Lake District in England, and the former RAF Greenham Common base in Berkshire. Photography concluded on the 3rd of November 2014.
The Force Awakens holds several records: it was the first film to earn more than $100 million in a single day, it reached $1 billion worldwide faster than any film before it (in 12 days), and its opening weekend of $247.9 million was 19% larger than the previous record. It became the highest-grossing film of all time in the United States and Canada, accomplishing that in 20 days.
In a the 24th of December 2015, interview with Charlie Rose, Lucas compared selling Lucasfilm to Disney to a divorce and criticized the film's retro feel, saying he had always worked to make each Star Wars film different with new planets and spaceships. Disney chairman Bob Iger later wrote in a 2019 memoir that Lucas said after seeing the film, "there's nothing new."
The Force Awakens received five nominations at the 88th Academy Awards: Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects. The film also received four British Academy Film Awards nominations, winning one.