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A key piece of evidence highlighted was a detailed table summarizing the production and post-production costs of each Disney Star Wars installment. For example, The Force Awakens reportedly had an official production cost of approximately $639 million, but thanks to tax rebates primarily from the UK — where most of the filming took place — the net expense was substantially lower. The film received a tax rebate of around $103 million, bringing the effective spend to about $535 million.
Despite these colossal numbers, the film still raked in over $2 billion globally. Yet, the conversation quickly turns to the financial discrepancies and the broader picture of how Hollywood accounts for its films' budgets, profits, and losses.