The wait is finally over for one of the most highly-anticipated movies in recent history, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Possibly the only people more excited about opening weekend than Star Wars fans are Disney shareholders, and a new report by Goldman Sachs analyst Drew Borst provides some spoilers for Disney investors about just how much money the movie will rake in.

Upping estimates

In the report, Goldman has raised its box office estimates for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” from $1.5 billion to $1.95 billion. That total is comprised of $750 million domestic box office and $1.2 billion international. Those numbers would put the movie in rare company behind only “Titanic” and “Avatar” as the third highest-grossing movie of all time.

“We estimate Star Wars domestic box office of $750 mn, on par with Avatar, even though Avatar’s domestic box office was in the premium-priced 3D format whereas we expect Star Wars to be closer to the 50% trend for recent action tentpoles,” Borst explained.

Implications

According to Borst, every incremental $100 million in global box office sales translates…

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