During their first day of availability, the new Star Wars Trilogy DVD set and the LucasArts video game, Star Wars Battlefront, raked in a combined $115,000,000. Having shattered all records for entertainment franchise spending in a single day, the Lucas empire is sure to exhibit another show of "Force" as the DVD hits stores in Japan, Australia, Benelux and Mexico, and the game launches internationally later this week.
The Star Wars films combined have earned more than $3.4 billion at the box office worldwide and sold more than 125 million units on home video.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi were released Tuesday, Sept., 21, as a four-disc set that includes a bonus disc filled with all-new special features.
Star Wars Battlefront is an action/shooter game that gives gamers the opportunity to participate in all of the epic battles depicted in the Star Wars films. The game is available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.
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