Guinness World Records 2018

Highest box-office gross

for a science-fiction film series

As of 16 Jan 2017, the films in the Star Wars

series had collectively grossed $7,456,076,338

(£6,117,050,000) worldwide at the box office,

according to figures from The-Numbers.

The highest-grossing Star Wars movie is

The Force Awakens, with worldwide box-office

takings of $2,058,662,225 (£1.54 bn). The film

achieved the fastest time for a movie to

gross $1 bn, reaching the mark in just 12 days

(from its international release date of 16 Dec to

27 Dec 2015). This beat the previous record of

13 days, set by 2015’s Jurassic World (USA).

Most appearances in Star Wars films

Anthony Daniels (UK) has appeared in all eight

theatrically released Star Wars films to date,

playing the protocol droid C-3PO. He featured

in a brief cameo in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,

and is set to return in 2017’s eagerly anticipated

Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.

Star Wars

Four of the top 10 all-time highest grossers at the US box office

are Star Wars films. In all, they have earned $2.4 bn (£1.95 bn).

Star Wars:

Episode IV –

A New Hope

Release date:

25 May 1977

(USA)

Box-office takings:

$786,598,007

GWR presents a

breakdown of the

global box-office

takings for every

Star Wars movie

released to date.

Most Oscar nominations for a Star Wars film

A New Hope was nominated for 10 Academy

Awards and won six: Art Direction, Costume

Design, Original Score, Sound, Film Editing

and Visual Effects.

The fewest Oscar nominations for a Star

Wars film is one, achieved by Attack of the

Clones (for Visual Effects) and Revenge of

the Sith (for Makeup). Neither movie won.

Most miniatures in a film scene

For the Mos Espa podracing sequences in

The Phantom Menace, the audience in the

Grand Arena consisted of 450,000 hand-

painted Q-tips cotton buds.

Most visual effects shots in a Star Wars film

There are 2,200 visual effects (VFX) shots in both

Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

Ironically, the latter is the only Star Wars film

not to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best

Visual Effects category to date.

Most actors to play one Star Wars character

Ten actors have played the role of Darth Vader/

Anakin Skywalker. One actor provides the voice,

while another plays the role on screen. The first

two were David Prowse (UK, Episodes IV–VI)

and James Earl Jones (USA, Vader’s voice

in Episodes IV–VI, Rogue One and possibly

uncredited in Episode III). Stunt coordinator Bob

Anderson (UK) stepped into Vader’s costume in

Episode IV, returning for the next two films. The

others were: Sebastian Shaw (UK, Episode VI),

C Andrew Nelson (USA, 1997 Special Edition of

Episode V), Jake Lloyd (USA, Episode I), Hayden

Christensen (CAN, Episodes II–III), stuntman Gene

Bryant (USA, Episode III), Spencer Wilding and

stuntman Daniel Naprous (both UK, Rogue One).

ARTS & MEDIA

MOST VALUABLE

MOVIE FRANCHISE

According to Fortune magazine, the value of

the Star Wars franchise stood at $41.98 bn

(£28.26 bn) as of 24 Dec 2016.

Box-office revenue from the eight

theatrically released films accounted

for only a fifth of this, with the rest

generated by home video and digital

sales, toys and merchandise, books,

games and intellectual property.

BEST-SELLING STAR WARS VIDEOGAME

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007) had

achieved sales of 15.29 million as of 23 Feb 2017.

The super-selling videogame is a compendium

of two previous Star Wars titles: LEGO Star Wars:

The Video Game (2005) and LEGO Star Wars II:

The Original Trilogy (2006).

LARGEST LEGO®

STAR WARS

SCULPTURE

WITH INTERNAL

SUPPORT (NUMBER

OF BRICKS)

In May 2013, LEGO

unveiled a 1:1 scale

model of a Star Wars

X-wing starfighter

containing 5,335,200

LEGO bricks in Times

Square, New York City,

USA. It included steel

supports and took

a year to build.

Star Wars:

Episode V –

The Empire

Strikes Back

Release date:

21 May 1980 (USA)

Box-office takings:

$534,171,960

Star Wars:

Episode VI –

Return of

the Jedi

Release date:

25 May 1983 (USA)

Box-office takings:

$572,705,079

Star Wars:

Episode I –

The Phantom

Menace

Release date:

19 May 1999 (USA)

Box-office takings:

$1,027,044,677

Q: Who is the youngest

director of a Star Wars film?

days) years 11 A: George Lucas (33