Director and producer George Lucas became the richest American celebrity in the Forbes rating: his fortune in 2017 was $ 5.5 billion.

The first place in the list of Forbes Lucas provides a deal with Disney, as a result of which the company bought the studio LucasFilm and the right to "Star Wars" for $ 4 billion.

The second line of the ranking is Lucas's colleague, Steven Spielberg, with $ 3.6 billion; in 2016, he also sold his studio DreamWorks Animation company NBCUniversal for $ 3.8 billion.

The third place went to TV presenter Opra Winfrey, her fortune is estimated at $ 2.8 billion. The top five also included footballer Michael Jordan ($ 1.4 billion) and illusionist David Copperfield ($ 875 million).

In total, the state of the ten most prosperous celebrities in America in 2017 was $ 18 billion.

Recall, after watching the tape "Star Wars", which premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on December 12, editor Norm Truper wrote the first review of the 8 episode of the saga and published it on The Sun.