Video: Episode 8 of Star Wars was the most anticipated premiere of 2017, and Lucas is the richest director
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Ticketing service Fandango published its annual ranking of the most anticipated films two days before New Years. Most of the films included in the list are various sequels, the release of which fans have been waiting for from a year to three decades.
The first place in it was taken by the eighth episode of the space saga "Star Wars". Collider notes that the choice of Fandango users came as no surprise given the continued interest in Star Wars and the success of the previous installment.
In the second place according to the voting results was the sequel "Guardians of the Galaxy", followed by "Beauty and the Beast" with Emma Watson, as well as "Wonder Woman", the new "Spider-Man", "Justice League", the long-awaited "Fast and Furious 8", "Fifty Shades Darker", the next solo album of the most popular hero of the X-Men "Logan" and the third part of the animated franchise "Despicable Me".
Not much behind "Lego Movie: Batman", "Thor: Ragnarok", the next "Pirates of the Caribbean", coming out after 35 years of waiting "Blade Runner 2049", "Cars 3", the second part of the action movie with Keanu Reeves "John Wick ", as well as" War for the Planet of the Apes "," The Dark Tower "," Pitch Perfect 2 "and the sixth film in the Alien series.
It is worth adding that on December 29, Forbes magazine published a list of the richest celebrities in the United States. The first line of the rating was taken by the creator of "Star Wars", American director George Lucas - his fortune is estimated at $ 4.6 billion.
In second place was Lucas' colleague, director Steven Spielberg. His fortune at the end of 2016 is estimated at $ 3, 7 billion. The third place is occupied by the famous American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey with a fortune of $ 2, 8 billion. The fourth place went to the legend of American basketball Michael Jordan: his fortune is estimated at $ 1.2 billion. turned out to be the illusionist David Seth Kotkin, aka David Copperfield, with a fortune of $ 850 million.
The ranking also includes golfer Tiger Woods ($ 740 million), writer James Patterson ($ 700 million), rapper Jay Z ($ 610 million), singer Madonna ($ 560 million), musicians Jimmy Buffett ($ 550 million), Jon Bon Jovi ($ 410 million) other.
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