Los Angeles Times: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which opens Friday, is expected to earn $1.5 billion to $2 billion in global box-office returns. Four more films will roll out over the next four years. Add up all of those box-office receipts, plus merchandise, video games, theme park tie-ins and DVD sales, and the revenue tied to “Star Wars” could top $25 billion over the next five years, based on analyst estimates. How much of that Disney will pocket is hard to calculate.