Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Every generation has a story.
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
- Director
- J.J. Abrams
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $2.07B
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Star Wars: The Force Awakens actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Star Wars: The Force Awakens appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
18 wins · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 5 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
BAFTA Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Grammy Awards
1 win
- WinnerGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Saturn Awards
8 wins
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actor
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Editing
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Make-up
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Music
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Special Effects
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Writing
Empire Award for Best Director
1 win
- WinnerEmpire Award for Best Director
Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer
1 win
- WinnerEmpire Award for Best Female Newcomer
Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer
1 win
- WinnerEmpire Award for Best Male Newcomer
Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
1 win
- WinnerEmpire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Villain
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Star Wars: The Force Awakens returned 8.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $245M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2.07B
- Release date
- Dec 15, 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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