How have Disney Star Wars movies performed in terms of profitability? Disney bought Star Wars in 2012 , and the House of Mouse initially intended to run at least one Star Wars movie a year. Those plans didn't work out, with missteps over the anthologies and a controversial end to the sequel trilogy.

Forbes ' Caroline Reid has just published estimates of the profitability of Disney's Star Wars movies. The figures take advantage of the fact Disney filmed these films in the U.K., where financial statements are publicly available. Forbes has then used a simple calculation, assuming Disney recouped half the box office takings.

The reality will be a little different, of course. These movies released worldwide, and some territories have explicit rules governing how much of the re

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