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Star Wars

This chart shows how The Force Awakens could bring in $9 billion

Most of the revenue is expected to come from Merchandise sales.
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THE NEW STAR Wars movie has been getting a pretty great reaction and according to Bloomberg, could generate more than $9 billion in revenue for Disney.

Interestingly, most of the money is expected to be brought in through merchandise sales, though box office sales will definitely play their part.

This chart shows the full breakdown of the movie’s expected haul:

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 12:17 PM

    Duolingo is awesome! Had it for a few months and couldn’t recommend it enough!

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 4:26 PM

    Go on, try.

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 3:04 PM

    Duolingo Irish is available on mobile now!

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 3:20 PM

    Yup it’s been available on iOS for some time now

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 3:32 PM

    Thanks Josh and Life (do I call you Life?), I was under the impression that beta mode meant desktop only and only finished courses would be released on mobile, but I’ve updated the piece to include that. Thanks again.

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 12:03 PM

    I already have duolingo from the time the article full of studying apps came round

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 12:32 PM

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    Nov 22nd 2014, 12:50 PM

    I’ll bet you were into Johnny Cash before he started his American Recordings too.

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