Forbes: Starfighter Cost $226.5M by End of Filming
The Shawn Levy film starring Ryan Gosling had spent more than The Force Awakens at the same production stage, Forbes reports. It opens May 28, 2027.
Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Gosling, had cost $226.5 million by the time filming was completed, according to a Forbes report. That figure is higher than what Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens had cost at the same point in its production.
The film is set a few years after Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker and follows a Starfighter pilot played by Ryan Gosling. Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre and Amy Adams also appear.
Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled to open in theaters on May 28, 2027.
Earlier Star Wars budgets
In 2025, a separate Forbes report put the total budget of The Force Awakens at $638.9 million before tax credits. That film, released in 2015, remains Disney's most profitable Star Wars movie with earnings of $500.2 million.
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Quick answers
When does Star Wars: Starfighter come out?
The film is scheduled to open in theaters on May 28, 2027.
Who directs and stars in Star Wars: Starfighter?
Shawn Levy directs, and Ryan Gosling plays a Starfighter pilot. Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre and Amy Adams also appear.
How much had Star Wars: Starfighter cost by the end of filming?
According to Forbes, it had cost $226.5 million by the time filming was completed.