Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 film by J. J. Abrams
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| April 20 2020 | 4K release was included in the 27-disc Skywalker Saga box set. |
| March 31 2020 | Received a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release. |
| 2019 | The movie was rereleased on DVD as part of the 9-disc 'Skywalker Saga' boxed set. |
| 2016 | The American Film Institute selected The Force Awakens as one of the top-ten films of 2015. |
| 2016 | The film received multiple awards and nominations across various ceremonies, including winning Best Science Fiction Film at the Saturn Awards, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film at the Empire Awards, and Movie of the Year at the MTV Movie Awards. |
| 2016 | Composer John Williams won Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 59th Grammy Awards for the film's musical score. |
| 2016 | John Boyega won the Male Performance in Film award at the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards. |
| November 15 2016 | A Blu-ray 3D 'collector's edition' was released, featuring new bonus features including deleted scenes and audio commentary by director J. J. Abrams. |
| October 2016 | Foodles Production (UK) Ltd was fined $1.95 million for two health and safety breaches related to Harrison Ford's on-set accident. |
| September 2 2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie at the Dragon Awards, held from September 2-5, 2016. |
| April 5 2016 | The Force Awakens was released on Blu-ray and DVD, selling 669,318 DVDs and 3.4 million Blu-rays, becoming the most sold film on both formats in the United States. |
| April 5 2016 | The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD, with physical copies including behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, interviews, and eight bonus features. |
| April 5 2016 | Star Wars: Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I was published by Disney Lucasfilm Press as a hardcover book with ISBN 9781484741412. |
| April 1 2016 | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Star Wars: The Force Awakens through digital download and Disney Movies Anywhere. |
| February 2016 | The Health and Safety Executive brought four criminal charges against Disney subsidiary Foodles Production (UK), Ltd. for health and safety breaches related to Harrison Ford's on-set injury. |
| February 28 2016 | The film fell outside of the top ten box office rankings for the first time in its eleventh weekend. |
| February 5 2016 | The Force Awakens became the first film to earn over $900 million domestically, unadjusted for inflation. |
| January 14 2016 | Completion of the four-week exclusive IMAX screen run in the United States and Canada. |
| January 9 2016 | The film became the first in cinematic history to cross $800 million domestically, unadjusted for inflation. |
| January 6 2016 | The Force Awakens became the highest-grossing film of all time domestically, achieving this milestone in just 20 days. |
| January 2 2016 | After just 16 days of release, the film became the second film ever to gross over $700 million in the United States and Canada, following Avatar. |
| 2015 | The American Film Institute selected The Force Awakens as one of the top-ten films of the year. |
| December 24 2015 | George Lucas gives an interview to Charlie Rose where he criticizes The Force Awakens, comparing selling Lucasfilm to Disney as a 'divorce' and expressing disappointment with the film's 'retro feel' and lack of originality. |
| December 18 2015 | The Force Awakens is released in the United States. |
| December 18 2015 | The film was released in the United States nationwide, becoming widely accessible to audiences. |
| December 14 2015 | The film premiered at TCL Chinese Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, and Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with a massive event hosting over five thousand guests. |
| December 14 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, marking its first public screening. |
| October 19 2015 | Advance ticket sales for the film began, causing online movie ticket sites to crash due to high demand. |
| November 2014 | Principal photography for the film concluded, with filming having taken place in Abu Dhabi, Iceland, and Ireland. |
| November 3 2014 | Principal photography for Star Wars: The Force Awakens concluded. |
| September 2014 | Filming took place at the former RAF Greenham Common military base in Berkshire, featuring spaceship set constructions. |
| August 2014 | Production resumed in mid-August after a two-week halt, with Harrison Ford fully healed. |
| July 28 2014 | Filming took place over three days at Skellig Michael, an island off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland, with Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley present. |
| June 2014 | Harrison Ford fractured his leg when a hydraulic door on the Millennium Falcon set fell on him at Pinewood Studios, causing a two-week production suspension. |
| May 16 2014 | Principal photography officially began in Abu Dhabi, with large sets constructed including a shuttle-like spacecraft, a tower, and a market. |
| April 2014 | Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn confirmed secret filming had begun in the United Arab Emirates around Liwa Oasis, Abu Dhabi, with segments also being shot in 65 mm IMAX format. |
| April 2014 | Principal photography for Star Wars: The Force Awakens begins at Pinewood Studios in England. |
| March 2014 | Disney and Lucasfilm officially announced principal photography would commence in May at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, with pre-production filming planned in Iceland. |
| February 2014 | J.J. Abrams announced that filming for Star Wars: The Force Awakens would begin in May and last approximately three months. |
| November 2013 | Release date for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was pushed back from mid-2015 to December 18, 2015. |
| 2012 | Walt Disney Company acquires Lucasfilm, initiating work on the seventh entry in the Star Wars 'Skywalker Saga'. |
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